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ALL KIDDING ASIDE

By Jean-Christophe Réhel In Books, Featured Books, and QC Fiction Tagged In All Kidding Aside, Canada, comedy, grief, humour, literary fiction, literature in translation, Mental Health, Montreal, QC Fiction, Quebec, Queer, Schizophrenia, translation, and WORKING CLASS.

SEPTEMBER 2025. FINALIST for the 2025 FOREWORD INDIES PRIZE FOR HUMOUR FINALIST for the 2026 GOVERNOR GENERAL LITERARY AWARD FOR TRANSLATION  Young, queer and stuck, Louis lives in Montreal’s east end with his rap-obsessed schizophrenic brother and their terminally ill father. While working at a Tim Horton’s, Louis dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian. Delivered… Read more »

SAINTS REST

By Luke Francis Beirne In Books and Featured Books Tagged In Grit-lit, Luke Beirne, neo-noir, New Brunswick, Saint John, Saints Rest, WORKING CLASS, and working class literature.

MARCH 2025 EDITOR’S CHOICE: MARITIME EDIT MAGAZINE Malory Fleet’s son was killed by bikers and now she’s worried about his missing girlfriend, Amanda. But that case was closed shut by the police a year ago and Frank Cain, the private investigator she’s hired, is reluctant to take it on. On the sometimes seedy streets of… Read more »