State of the arts

Contributors

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Freedom between the covers

This fall, expect books that will inspire debate and challenge the status quo

Living Images

Multiple perspectives bring the unforgettable vision that inspired Claudia Dey’s new novel, Heartbreaker, to life BY SAMANTHA EDWARDS

Newfoundland, PEI, Territories Rejoin PLR Sampling System

After 13 years, cross-Canada coverage is reinstated for Public Lending Right’s library sampling program BY MEGAN HAYNES

A little issue

A flop at a big publisher doesn’t mean an author won’t shine at a small press

Super Cherie

Amid international acclaim, The Marrow Thieves author Cherie Dimaline remains true to her role as a Métis “storykeeper” BY SHAZIA HAFIZ RAMJI

Summer campus

Humber College’s long-running writers’ workshop looks to the future

Spirit quest

I created the character of Jonny Appleseed because he would not let me be, writes JOSHUA WHITEHEAD

World domination

How Aminder Dhaliwal found her voice through her deliciously satirical comic Woman World

Fiction

Highlights from the upcoming season in novels, short stories, and poetry BY STEVEN W.BEATTIE

Keep it short

Short fiction continues to be a focus for Canadian writers, with numerous intriguing collections on tap for fall

In Other Words

This season offers an eclectic mix of books in translation

Poet’s Corner

From posthumous work by an international legend to inspiring debuts, fall is full of promising poetry

Non-Fiction

From famous kids to historic battles, this season promises engaging, eclectic reads

opening the conversation

This season’s titles examine the past and look toward a potential future

Past Forward

New titles that provide fresh perspectives on historical events

Page To Plate

Taste some of the season’s most appetizing titles

Americans in Paris

Patrick deWitt returns with a comedy of manners that contains unexpected levels of meaning and emotion BY DORY CERNY

Cast adrift

Eden Robinson’s new novel has many great set pieces but too much excess baggage

Higher Learning

Maureen Medved invokes Immanuel Kant as a lynchpin in her second novel BY EUGENIA ZUROSKI

The Vanishing

In the conclusion to her ambitious trilogy, Rachel Cusk continues her radical innovation of the novel form BY JOSÉ TEODORO

That Old-Time Religion

In his new novel, Randy Boyagoda applies a comedic tone to some serious subjects BY STEVEN W.BEATTIE

Buzz book

Kidlit giants Kirsten Hall and Isabelle Arsenault offer up a delightful introduction to nature’s hardest workers in The Honeybee

All in the family

In her latest historical fiction, bestselling author Sandra Gulland writes what life would have been like for Napoleon’s stepdaughter

Living in a bubble

In two dystopian novels set in domes, young protagonists consider life on the outside

Gone girl

Sadie is not your average girl-in-peril thriller

Outside the lines

In adapting her animated short into a graphic memoir, Andrea Dorfman found her story’s message of self-acceptance resonated more powerfully than ever