My Life In Books with Red Szell

Aaron Kreuter is a writer, poet and academic who lives in Toronto. His novel Lake Burntshore is a coming-of-age story, social satire, romance, and political commentary all in one. Set over a summer of momentous social and political change at a Jewish sleepover camp in Canada’s Cottage Country, it explores questions of

Nicholas Herring lives in Murray Harbour, on Prince Edward Island, where he works as a carpenter. His debut novel, Some Hellish, follows the fortunes of a hapless lobster fisherman lost in an unexceptional life and bored of thinking the same old thoughts. Then, one December day, following a hunch, he cuts a hole in the

Sean Farrell’s debut novel, Frogs for Watchdogs, has one of the most memorable titles of this year’s new publications. The story it tells, likewise, lingers long in the mind. Set in rural Ireland at the tail end of the 1980s, much of it is seen through the eyes of a young boy running wild in both his surroundings and h

In 2017, Sarah Bax Horton was researching her family history when she made the chance discovery that her great great grandfather was a Metropolitan Police sergeant who worked on the Ripper case. Little did she suspect that this would lead her to the Ripper’s true identity. In One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack th

David Bergen is widely regarded as one of Canada’s best writers. Most of his 11 novels and two short story collections have been in contention for major literary prizes, including The Time In-Between, which won the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize. His latest novel, Away from the Dead, was also longlisted for the Giller Pr

Arjun Basu is a Canadian author and podcaster, whose novel Waiting for the Man was longlisted for the 2014 Giller prize. His latest book, The Reeds, is set in 2017, around Western Montreal, and follows the changing fortunes of a close-knit, middle-class family, across a single summer. By turns wry and poignant, the nov