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'Radiance' Glowsnew

Lambert's first novel gently detonates the emotional land mines dormant in diverse characters.

NOW Magazine | Zoe Whittall | 02-16-2007 | Fiction

Marx-ist Mirthnew

A fast, fun, if frustrating read, Him Her works best when Marx reins in her penchant for long, supposedly funny lists.

NOW Magazine | Ibi Kaslik | 02-09-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Him Her Him Again The End of Him, Patricia Marx

Sharp Narrativenew

Miller follows up his debut, The Featherbed, with another compelling tale about Jewish immigrant life in Toronto in the 30s and 40s, this time with a nifty political twist.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 02-09-2007 | Fiction

Tags: A Sharp Intake of Breath, John Miller

Tales by Toibinnew

Quaint title aside, these stories -- Toibin's first collection -- aren't celebrations of Hallmark-card family unity, complete with bucolic Irish settings.

NOW Magazine | Glenn Sumi | 02-05-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Colm Toibin, Mothers and Sons

Big Bangnew

This is a polished and marvellously textured first book of short fiction -- can't wait for his first novel.

NOW Magazine | Zoe Whittall | 02-05-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Bang Crunch, Neil Smith

Cruel Slaverynew

The Book of Negroes has all the elements of good historical fiction: an epic story, detail that can only come from deep research, and astute insights into human frailty.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 01-26-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes

Far-Out Radicalsnew

Though we could hardly call him a literary heavyweight, Maillard is a chronicler in the true sene of the word.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 01-12-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Keith Maillard, Looking Good

Brutal Honestynew

Firth delivers 17 exercises in the ham-fisted, brutalist fiction that has already gained him an uneasy notoriety.

NOW Magazine | David Jager | 01-12-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Matthew Firth, Suburban Pornography

Craven Imagesnew

This book is like staring at the unkempt mid-20s guy with a bad haircut scribbling in his journal on the subway: kind of sad, but you keep staring.

NOW Magazine | Zoe Whittall | 12-18-2006 | Fiction

Tags: Ryan Arnold, The Coward Files: Fake Stories

Sweet Berrynew

Bidulka is no slouch when it comes to snappy dialogue and campy one-liners that more than tip the hat to classic noir, and his leading man is the kind of guy anyone would want for a best friend.

NOW Magazine | Lesley McAllister | 11-28-2006 | Fiction

Tags: Anthony Bidulka, Stain of the Berry