Canadian Fiction

Nurul Islam is a world-renowned physicist, professor at Imperial College, London, and one half of the Islam-Rosenfeld theory, the first step in a grand unification of forces and a Theory of Everything. A family man profoundly influenced by his pious father, Nurul is happily married to Sakina Begum by an arranged marriage. They have three children. But when Nurul travels to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to give a public lecture at Harvard, he falls in love with a graduate student, Hilary Chase.

On the eve of the new millennium, in a city in southern Japan that progress has forgotten, sixteen-year-old Anna Obata looks to the stars for solace. An outcast at school, and left to fend for herself and care for her increasingly senile grandfather at home, Anna copes with her loneliness by searching the night sky for answers. But everything changes the evening the Low Earth Orbit satellite (LEO for short) returns her gaze and sees her as no one else has before.

La semaine de relâche est enfin terminée. Mais les problèmes ne sont pas réglés pour autant.... Remise de sa petite commotion cérébrale, Émy tente par tous les moyens de comprendre la nature de sa relation avec Talbot. Les sentiments qu’elle éprouve pour lui sont de plus en plus forts...alors qu’il semble être passé à autre chose. Heureusement, l’arrivée d’un nouveau membre dans la famille lui change un peu les idées.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following.

Dévouée et perfectionniste, elle maîtrise tous les aspects de sa vie, sauf peut-être ses amours... Lorsque son collègue de travail, le séduisant Gabriel, lui confie avoir rompu avec sa copine, les hormones de la jeune femme s'emballent, si bien qu'elle a désormais de la difficulté à rester concentrée en sa présence.

A seventeen-year-old boy, bullied and heartbroken, hangs himself. And although he felt terribly alone, his suicide changes everyone around him. His parents are devastated.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Marcella's Reward: Dr. Clark shook his head gravely. "She is not improving as fast as I should like to see," he said. "In fact she seems to have gone backward the past week. You must send her to the country, Miss Langley.

An unforgettable tour de force in the voice of an ordinary-extraordinary woman who has simply had enough. Through the character of Bina, who is writing out her story on the backs of discarded envelopes, Anakana Schofield filters a complex moral universe filled with humour and sadness, love and rage, and the consolations, obligations and mysteries of lifelong friendship. A work of great power, skill, and transformative empathy from a unique and astonishing writer, whose previous book, Martin John, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize.

Moi (en changeant mes sacs d’épicerie de main, car je commençais à avoir mal aux paumes): P’pa.... Tu vas y retourner quand, chez le concessionnaire, pour choisir une autre auto? Moi (en roulant les épaules, vu la lourdeur des sacs): Papa! Je te parle! Mon père (en réagissant enfin): Oui, je t’entends! Mais je n’ai...je n’ai pas prévu y retourner. Pas pour le moment, en tout cas.

Being a werewolf isn't all about howling at the moon and running carelessly through boundless fields feeling the wind in your fur. For Michael Andrews, a Canadian living in Manhattan and afflicted with lycanthropy, there are odd side effects to being a werewolf in the middle of a bustling metropolis. Such as waking up naked in Battery Park with absolutely no memory of the night before as a wolf and trying to figure out why there is a bullet hole in his leg. Just another day in the life of a man living with the odd side affect of his werewolf affliction.

Saint-Eustache, 1957. La famille Delorme est tissée serrée. Les parents, heureux propriétaires du dépanneur de quartier sont épaulés par Rosalie, la cadette de la famille. Au gré des rencontres quotidienne, la jeune femme adore s'enquérir des nouvelles des uns et des autres. Généreuse et toujours prête à aider, Rosalie est tout naturellement la première à prendre soin de sa soeur Suzanne, née avec une déficience intellectuelle.

Dans le petit village de Bâton-sur-Glace, tout le monde aime le hockey. Surtout Ti-Guy La Puck! Le jeune garçon est tellement mordu de ce sport qu’il décide d’inviter les meilleurs joueurs de la planète à rejoindre son équipe. Mais leur arrivée va prendre une tournure tout à fait inattendue. Attention! La révolte des mascottes est sur le point de commencer!

En 2001, à la mort de son ancien professeur, l'éditeur-poète Chevalier Branlequeue (un nom de plume!), l'écrivain Samuel Nihilo décide de poursuivre les recherches de ce dernier sur la crise d'octobre 1970. Chevalier y a toujours vu l'aboutissement d'une conspiration politique. De Montréal, où commence son enquête, jusqu'au village mexicain de Zopilote, où les chemins de Nihilo et d'un ex-felquiste se croiseront....

For 17-year-old Adanna Nkwachi, life is all about duty: to school and the debate team, to her Nigerian parents, and even to her cousin Genny as Adanna helps prepare Genny’s wedding to Afrobeats superstar Skeleboy. Because ever since her older brother, Sam, had a fight with their parents a few years ago and disappeared, somebody had to fill the void he left behind. Adanna may never understand what caused Sam to leave home, but the one thing she knows is that it’s on her to make sure her parents’ sacrifices aren’t in vain.

If New York is the city that never sleeps, then LA is the city where you have to sleep with one eye open. Michael Andrews learns quickly that it's not just the cutthroat world of Hollywood you need to be leery of. There's something deeper, darker, and far more disturbing lurking beneath the surface of the city, operating in the shadows and striking at the most vulnerable. An extended trip to Los Angeles to be on set for the movie adaptation of his latest novel leads Michael into a world of glamour and fear.

J'avais les pieds enfoncés dans le sable pis les cheveux dans la face quand les barres de mon test de grossesse se sont pointées comme deux invités que personne n’a le goût de voir. Leurs petites bouches roses me criaient qu’elles avaient pris ta place. Mon coeur a commencé à battre tellement fort dans ma poitrine qu’il s’est mis à résonner dans ma tête comme si quelqu’un tapait sur un chaudron entre mes oreilles.

Canadian Shorts: A Collection of Short Stories Celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday, Canadian Shorts is a writing contest that publishes top entries in a collection of Canadian-themed short stories. Our goals are to spotlight great writing and to donate proceeds from the contest and book sales to a Canadian charity. This year's recipient is The Canadian Council for Refugees. Foreword by Brenda Fisk. Authored by Donna Quick, Maureen O'Hare, Michele Lisiecki, Michael Lalonde, Maureen Haseloh, Allison Gorner, Joan M. Baril, Sara Mang, Wayne Douglas Weedon, Vicki Lockwood, R.O., Marion Agnew

Flat Stanley goes north! Stanley Lambchop and his family are in British Columbia, Canada, for some skiing and winter fun. But when Stanley and his new friend Nick go snowboarding - with Stanley as the snowboard, of course - they take a midair tumble just as the wind picks up...and find themselves floating in an amazing Canadian cross-country journey that might just be Stanley's wildest adventure yet!

Redeemed From the Ashes is the story of a misguided young woman named Evelyn Richardson whose maimed husband Carl goes missing as a result of the Halifax Explosion of 1917. Bedridden because of an injury, she is unable to immediately search him out. The chances of finding him grow thin as the days pass into cruel winter and the chaos of a shattered city remains.

Le soir du 24 décembre, Rom et Nat guettent le père Noël avec impatience. Le vieil homme surgit dans la cheminée, comme prévu. Mais il n'est plus le même.... D'ailleurs, il n'est pas le seul: le lapin de Pâques et la fée des dents sont aussi devenus bien inquiétants. Que se passe-t-il donc? Rom et Nat résoudront ce mystère en plongeant dans une aventure qui les obligera à surmonter leurs peurs.