Well crafted short stories in the classic style of Mansfield & Lawrence. Concerns ordinary people and their inner lives.
Short stories, Canadian
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Author:Hodgins, JackSummary: -
Author:Hodgins, JackSummary:Jack Hodgins‘ first book, published originally in 1976, is once again in print — in a new edition. Winner of the Eaton's Book Prize and nominated for the Governor General's Award, Spit Delaney's Island, a collection of short stories,...
- Author:Kovalyova, IrinaSummary:
The stories in Specimen are a unique exploration of science and the human heart; the place where physical reality collides with our spiritual and emotional lives. In “The Blood Keeper,” a young academic travels to North Korea to work on...
- Author:Trul, JanetSummary:
Following on the heels of her critically acclaimed first collection Hot Town and Other Stories, an examination of relationships within communities continues in this new collection of short fiction, Something's Burning. The twenty-...
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Author:Moore, LisaSummary:Taking us from the Fjord of Eternity to the streets of St. John's and the swamps of Orlando, these stories show us the timeless, the tragic, and the miraculous hidden in the underbelly of our everyday lives. A missing rock god may have...
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Author:Moore, LisaSummary:Nominated, Scotiabank Giller Prize. Internationally celebrated as one of literature's most gifted stylists, Lisa Moore returns with her third story collection, a soaring chorus of voices, dreams, loves, and lives. Taking us from...
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Author:Stonehouse, CathySummary:In Something About the Animal, Cathy Stonehouse's first collection of short fiction, the world keeps coming apart at the seams: these are stories of imminent and often destructive crisis, which in their form and structure capture the...
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Author:Wynne-Jones, TimSummary:Meet someone new... Harriet, who sees Mars and tastes pomengranates -- all in one day; Cluny, a girl who wants to publish a magazine for people with weird names; Ky, who lives in a geodesic dome deep in the country; Fletcher, the...
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Author:Nowlan, Alden, Glover, DouglasSummary:And now we are 60. To mark this momentous occasion, the editors at Goose Lane have selected six tiny perfect stories for your reading pleasure. Authored by some of Canada's finest writers, they come from the sweep of Goose Lane's...
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Author:Dower, TriciaSummary:Silent Girl explores the experiences of unforgettable characters as they follow trajectories unimagined by Shakespeare, including a young girl who is unwittingly sold to traffickers after losing her mother in the 2004 tsunami...
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Author:David, CharlieSummary:Shadowlands is a collection of heartfelt and sometimes heartbreaking short stories from well-known actor and entrepreneur Charlie David that explore the passion and pain of gay sexuality. Ancient myths are re-imagined with an exciting...
- Author:Waddleton, TraceySummary:
With birth, death, contemplation, and close calls, Send More Tourists... the Last Ones Were Delicious explores how we respond to the weight of social expectations. From the hidden pressures of wall paint and tarot card predictions, to...
- Author:Waddleton, TraceySummary:
With birth, death, contemplation, and close calls, Send More Tourists ... the Last Ones Were Delicious explores how we respond to the weight of social expectations. From the hidden pressures of wall paint and tarot card predictions, to...
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Author:Wilson, JulieSummary:Seen Reading is the exciting debut collection of microfictions from Canada's pre-eminent literary voyeur, Julie Wilson. Based on the beloved online movement of the same name,Seen Reading collects more than a hundred fictions inspired by...
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Author:Glover, Douglas HSummary:An Amazon.ca Best Book of 2013, A Globe and Mail Top 100 for 2013, and a Quill & Quire Best Book of 2013, Longlisted, Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.
Savage Love marks the long-awaited literary return of one...
- Author:Moser, EliseSummary:
Taking its title from a story in the collection, this anthology brings together the best prose writing in Quebec—all short pieces—from the winners and finalists of the last three years of the Quebec Writing Competition. Montreal’s CBC...
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Author:Villeneuve, GisèleSummary:Gisèle Villeneuve’s short stories test the elastic pull between passion and terror. For inspiration, Villeneuve turned to her personal history to examine what lures urban dwellers outdoors, to test themselves against peaks and valleys....
- Author:Gisèle, VilleneuveSummary:
Gisèle Villeneuve's collection of mountain-based stories tests the elastic pull between passion and terror. Featuring daring, risk-taking girls and women, these smartly observed stories explore the myth and the mystery of mountains...
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Author:Flood, CynthiaSummary:Women. Young women, old women. The hair-obsessed, the politically driven, the sure-footed, the bonybutted, the awkward and compulsive and alone. Sleep-deprived and testy. Exhausted and accepting. Among the innumerable wives, husbands,...
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Author:Mavin, JohnSummary:When our own darkness is mirrored in multi-faceted characters, do we look away in disgust or find the humanity within them and, by extension, ourselves? In his debut short fiction collection, John Mavin has slyly exposed hidden themes...
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