<p>Carol Bruneau, author of six acclaimed works of fiction (most recently, <i>These Good Hands</i>), brings her finely honed voice to 12 new stories about shifting concepts of Nova Scotian identity. </p>
<p>In “The Race,” a war bride’s remarkable life trajectory unfolds as she competes in an international swim marathon in the Northwest Arm. Strain erupts between a Haligonian couple in “Burning Times,” while they struggle to keep track of one another, both physically and emotionally, on an Italian vacation. In “Polio Beach,” cousins gather oceanside over the will of a recently deceased aunt who once saved one of them from drowning.</p>
<p>Writing with empathy, humour, and linguistic precision, Bruneau follows characters who find themselves connected to Nova Scotia by birth, through attempts at escape and new beginnings, or as a temporary resting place, always carrying with them their own idiosyncratic and complex definitions of “home.”</p>
Short Stories
<p><strong>In an unflinching examination of the modern love story, <em>A Temporary Grace </em>is a raw and insightful exploration of power, vulnerability, and our urgent need to redefine intimacy.</strong></p> <p>Set in […]
A Touch of Elegance is a lavish collection of heart-warming, witty, sometimes mystical tales of love and loss, betrayal and redemption…and other angst-ridden issues of the human condition. Take young […]
<p>A heartwarming collection of <b>17</b> rare short stories by famed Anne of Green Gables author.<br><br> Although best known for creating the spirited Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery had a thriving […]
<p>”…giant storytelling talent unleashed.” —Jon Tattrie, <i>Atlantic Books Today</i> <br/>
The daughter of an alcoholic desperate to be loved. <br/>
A father reliving a failed dream though his teenaged son. <br/>
A struggling immigrant surprised to discover that money does not buy happiness. <br/>
A creative boy struggling to please his dead father. <br/>
An eco-warrior defying her entire town for what she believes is right. <br/>
A father unable to reconcile the assault of his daughter with the world he raised her to believe in. <br/>
A gay pastor in self-imposed exile from church and family. <br/>
A stranger in a Santa suit dispensing fatherly advice. <br/>
A granddaughter who must end the life of the woman who raised her. <br/>
A survivor of a small-town drug addict determined to save her cousin from terrifying dreams. <br/>
An anxiety sufferer who finds refuge in sadomasochism. <br/>
A university student looking for love in all the wrong animal liberation schemes. <br/></p>
<p>In sharp, insightful prose, <i>Boy With a Problem</i> taps into the heart of our deeply human fear of failing to truly connect with others. The fissures that erupt between us, how quickly they widen from cracks to chasms—this is the thread running through these wise, raw, and tender stories.</p>
From the author of 19 Knives and My White Planet comes a brilliant suite of stories built around music and travel. Whether it’s a band coming apart at the ruins […]
<p><strong>Award-winning author Bridget Canning returns with an incisive and unsettling collection that considers what it means to be good—or to be a villain—in our relationships with others.</strong></p> <p><em>No One Knows […]
<p><b>Shortlisted, Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction</b></p><p>”You go through life convinced you’re going to get diabetes like your old man and one day you choke to death on chicken gristle, […]
<div><b>***SHORTLISTED FOR THE MIRAMICHI READER’S ‘THE VERY BEST!’ SHORT FICTION AWARD***</b><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>With birth, death, contemplation, and close calls, <i>Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious </i>explores […]
<p><strong>***SHORTLISTED FOR THE MIRAMICHI READER’S ‘THE VERY BEST!’ SHORT FICTION AWARD***</strong></p> <p><strong>***2020 RELIT AWARDS: LONG SHORTLIST***</strong></p> <p><br> </p> <p>With birth, death, contemplation, and close calls, <em>Send More Tourists… the Last […]
<p><strong>Allison Graves’ edgy debut collection of short fiction scrutinizes unconventional and confused attachments between people and the reasons they last. The extraordinary becomes the ordinary as people navigate the weird, […]
