'No One Prayed Over Their Graves' by Khaled Khalifa is a fascinating character study and a beautiful recreation of early 20th century Syria.
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Book Review: ‘Austral’ by Carlos Fonseca
'Austral' by Carlos Fonseca is a fascinating tapestry of people, places, language and history that will leave you breathless.
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'Last Night in Brighton' by Massoud Hayoun is an intriguing and compelling story about who we are and how we our shaped by our pasts.
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'A Ballet of Lepers' by Leonard Cohen is a fascinating collection of stories giving readers a glimpse into a writer's development.
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In The Apothecary’s Garden, published by Harper Collins, Jeanette Lynes transports readers back in time to 1860 and the exotic locale of Eastern Ontario’s Belleville on the shores of the Bay of Quinte. While the locale may be somewhat prosaic, Lynes has created something magical in this normally staid part …
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'Building 46 by Massoud Hayoun is an intimate character study of both a human character and the country China.
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'All The Seas of the World' by Guy Gavriel Kay is a truly wonderful book which will enthral and delight readers over and over again.
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'Poguemahone' by Patrick McCabe does the amazing balancing act of marrying form with content to tell us the moving and ribald tale of a brother and sister.
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'Aspects' by John Ford is an amazing accomplishment - as fine an example of steampunk speculative fiction you'll ever read.
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Anne Louise Avery's 'A Fox For All Seasons Journal' is simply a pleasure to pick up and hold in your hands. For the fox in all of us.
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