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"But a small town is a living engine run on talk, innumerable bees grumbling in their paper cells."
Thoughts on Gil Adamson's Ridgerunner
Shortlisted for this year's #GillerPrize: http://www.buriedinprint.com/?p=23973
Published by @HouseofAnansi
1/14

"She had not read fiction before and so believed that everything in the story was true."
Thoughts on David Bergen's Here the Dark
Shortlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/david-bergens-here-the-dark-2020/
Published by @biblioasis
2/14

"It is possible to leave so much out of any given story."
Thoughts on Emily St. John Mandel's The Glass Hotel
Shortlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
https://chireviewofbooks.com/2020/03/25/a-prismatic-view-of-emily-st-john-mandels-novels/
Published by @HarperCollinsCa in Canada
Published by @penguinrandom @AAKnopf in the USA
3/14

A Prismatic View of Emily St. John Mandel's Novels

A review of Emily St. John Mandel’s newest novel, “The Glass Hotel.”

https://chireviewofbooks.com/2020/03/25/a-prismatic-view-of-emily-st-john-mandels-novels/

"A broken heart can make a person go mad. Do uncharacteristic things."
Thoughts on Shani Mootoo's Polar Vortex
Shortlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/unresolved-shani-mootoos-polar-vortex-2020/
Published by @bookhugpress
4/14

"All they could do now was be close to it, and remain out of sight."
Thoughts on Souvankham Thammavongsa's How to Pronounce Knife
Shortlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/precision-souvankham-thammavongsas-how-to-pronounce-knife-2020/
Published by @PenguinRandomCA @McClellandBooks
5/14

"The problem was just that I woke up one morning and it felt like the house had grown teeth."
Thoughts on Lynn Coady's Watching You Without Me
Longlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/lynn-coadys-watching-you-without-me-2020/
Published by @HouseofAnansi
6/14

Lynn Coady’s Watching You Without Me (2020)

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http://www.buriedinprint.com/lynn-coadys-watching-you-without-me-2020/

"That fall had been cold, by September you couldn’t go around the house on Patrick Street without a second pair of socks."
Thoughts on Eva Crocker's All I Ask
Longlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/eva-crockers-all-i-ask-2020/
Published by @HouseofAnansi
7/14

Eva Crocker’s All I Ask (2020)

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http://www.buriedinprint.com/eva-crockers-all-i-ask-2020/

"Across the globe, in hundreds of languages, signs were going up urging people to cover their coughs."
Thoughts on Emma Donoghue's The Pull of the Stars
Longlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/emma-donoghues-the-pull-of-the-stars-2020/
Published by @HarperCollinsCa
8/14

"There were lovely things about being alive, she had to remember, like the taste of guavas."
Thoughts on Francesca Ekwuyasi's Butter Honey Pig Bread
Longlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/?p=24119
Published by @Arsenalpulp
9/14

"How many others can’t bear their own thoughts? They need to hear the truth."
Thoughts on Michelle Good's Five Little Indians
Longlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/michelle-goods-five-little-indians-2020/
Published by @HarperCollinsCa @HarperPerennial
10/14 #readindigenous

"I never know where to begin. At which point does a story begin?"
Thoughts on Kaie Kellough's Dominoes at the Crossroads
Longlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/kaie-kelloughs-dominoes-at-the-crossroads-2020/
Published by @VehiculePress
11/14

"Why waste your time writing about something that can’t be changed? Where is the good in that?"
Thoughts on Thomas King's Indians on Vacation
Longlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/?p=24115
Published by @HarperCollinsCa
12/14 #ReadIndigenous

"Her name between them, a coin on the table. Who would pick it up?"
Thoughts on Annabel Lyon's Consent
Longlisted for this year's #GillerPrize http://www.buriedinprint.com/?p=24062
Published by @PenguinRandomCA @randomhouseca
13/14

“Stories filled with perseverance, quick thinking, and just plain hard work.”
Thoughts on Seth's Clyde Fans
Longlisted for this year's #GillerPrize
http://www.buriedinprint.com/?p=23825
Published by @DandQ
14/14

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