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Fearnoch
Fearnoch by Jim McEwen. I am always in search of Canlit. When I go into bookstores or when I browse for books online, one thing I do is always search for Canadian literature. One of my journeys down these rabbit holes led me to @breakwaterbooks and Jim McEwen’s Fearnoch, and oh what a gorgeous journey this book…
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Fifteen Dogs
“The pack had grown very peculiar indeed: an imitation of an imitation of dogs. All that had formerly been natural was now strange. All had been turned to ritual.”
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The Salt Grows Heavy
“My prince allowed me nothing sharp, nothing dangerous, nothing that could be used to cut or maim. Not even my teeth, which he wears on his crown like a warning.”
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Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
The depictions of the darkness and unknowability of the deep forest, as well as the spirits that inhabit it, spoke to my love of rural eldritch horror.
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Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel
As a daughter who experienced echoes of some of the things reflected in the book, I am in awe at how Jennilee wrote us into these pages with such gentleness & truth. What a tender exploration of what it means to be Filipino-Canadian. What gorgeous stories about us, by us.
Dani Magsumbol 