Imagine that a giant monster invades your country. But the beast is not gobbling up people or homes.
Incident at Willow Creek -- By Don Hunter; NeWest Press; 187 pages; $19.95
Two families struggle after a musician's death in Joanna Trollope's 15th novel.
Ian McEwan has outdone himself with this heavily researched but funny novel.
Montrealer Nicolas Dickner's novel Nikolski was selected Friday as "this year's must-read work of Canadian fiction" by Canada Reads, CBC Radio's literary competition series in which prominent Canadians debate the merits of chosen works of fiction over a week.
Especially in the early going, the former Maclean’s magazine writer offers a lively, readable description of the horrors that befell those who journeyed across the sea in search of a better life, only to be struck by typhus, cholera or flood.
At 24, Roland Pemberton is a generation Y kind of guy. So does that make him ahead of his time, or behind it, by defending Generation X in CBC's annual book battle?
Women may wear their hearts on their sleeves but if you want to know their mating preferences, check their book shelves.
Kevin Bazzana holds a PhD in music history from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in musicology and performance practice from Stanford University. He has taught and written about classical music for 20 years and is an international expert on Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.