Nicole Lundrigan
"For me, I write and I don’t think I have a full grasp on my actual writing process. I don’t know where my ideas come from. I just sort of follow my characters and see what happens in a lot of ways."
Glass Boys
by Nicole Lundrigan, Douglas & McIntyre, 304, fiction
In reviews and laudatory quotes, the word ‘gothic’ is frequently employed to describe the writing...
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Cornered
by Ron MacLean, HarperCollins, 316, non-fiction
For Canadian hockey fans, the voice of Hockey Night in Canada host Ron MacLean is unmistakable, perhaps even ingrained in our collective...
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Strange New Worlds
by Ray Jayawardhana, Harper Collins, 255, non-fiction
For fans of Star Wars in particular and space exploration in general, summer 2011 brought some exciting news: a planet, Kepler 16-b, was...
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Reunion
by Pascal Girard, Drawn & Quarterly, 156, fiction
Another horse in the Drawn & Quarterly stable, Pascal Girard left his post as a construction worker several years ago to focus on drawing comics.
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Andrew Braun Recommends 'The Fountainhead', the Classic Novel by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand, Signet, 720, fiction
Laura (my bandmate) and I were given a few books recently by a close friend and among them was The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand...
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FICTION
Cool Water
Dianne Warren,
HarperCollins,
328
The Sentimentalists
Johanna Skibsrud,
D&M,
216
Room
Emma Donoghue,
HarperCollins,
321
NON-FICTION
Two Generals
Scott Chantler,
M&S (Emblem),
146
Lakeland
Allan Casey,
Greystone Books,
255
Reinventing Brantford
Leo Groarke,
Dundurn,
284