Crib Notes-Oh, Canada!

It should go without saying that Canada has an amazing array of writers within our beautiful borders. We can also state with pride that its diversity is unparalleled in any other nation. For this crib notes I focused in on recent releases by Canadian authors you may not have discovered yet. They are also all set in Canada in honor of celebrating Canada Day!

THE SATURDAY NIGHT GHOST CLUB – Craig Davidson

If You Like…My Best Friends Exorcism, Cabin At The End Of The World

Our narrator reflects on a life changing summer in 1980’s Niagara Falls. Then twelve, he is convinced by his eccentric uncle to investigate the towns macabre urban legends. I spent some time in downtown NF in the 80’s and there were some spectacles to be sure!

GRIMOIRE OF KENSINGSTON MARKET – Lauren Davis

If You Like…The Hazel Wood, Children Of Bone And Bone

The downtown core of Toronto is being consumed by Elysium, a drug that allows its users to slip through the edges of this world into the next. Our heroine is a bookseller and her bookstore is a central location in the story. Magic, mystery and books! What more could you ask for!

CROW – Amy Spurway

If You Like…Practical Magic, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

A woman is diagnosed with three highly unpredictable and inoperable brain tumors. She makes the choice to abandon the glamor of her life in Toronto for her mother’s trailer in Cape Breton. Being in a place where everyone suspects that her family is cursed leads her to the decision to write a tell all memoir.

BAD IDEAS – Missy Marston

If You Like…Gone To Pot, Class Mom

Loosely inspired by a “crazy canuck” who attempted to jump the St. Lawrence river in a rocket car. Yup, that’s right, rocket car. The story is set in the 1970’s in a small town with a cast of characters resting on the fringes of “normal”. I would take fun over normal any day!