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The Chat with Krista Foss
With Half Life (McClelland & Stewart), Krista Foss has delivered a spectacular sophomore novel, one that entangles compl …
8 Books for Fans of Fabulism
A recommended reading list by Kim Neville, whose debut novel is The Memory Collectors.
Exciting Fiction to Read This Spring
New books by Camilla Gibb, Marissa Stapley, Wayne Grady, Uzma Jalaluddin, and more! Sme of the novels and short fiction …
New Picture Books for Spring
A selection of gorgeous new picture books celebrating new life, hope, nature, and mindfulness.
She Blinded Me With Science
When wonder and inquiry are subverted and held up to the light by these writers, the results are often uncomfortable, al …
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Celebrating STEM
This list includes all kinds of STEM’ers—science enthusiasts, builders, inventors, real life engineers—in both fic …
Pairs Well: Ali Bryan's Awesome YA Reading List
Celebrated novelist Bryan shares great titles to complement her latest book.
Why Is Harold and Maude Considered a Cult Film?
The critic Roger Ebert dismissed it with a measly one and a half stars. Variety claimed that “It has all the fun and g …
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Reader
An expat reading list by the author of new book New Girl in Little Cove
The Chat with Carol Bruneau
For anyone who adores the work of famed painter Maud Lewis and has wondered about her life, Carol Bruneau’s new novel …
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She Blinded Me With Science
Krista Foss's new novel is Half Life.
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There’s a dark poetry to scientific language that’s hard to resist, and we’re lucky these women writers don’t. By adapting the lexicon and ideas of science to their work, they’ve created bold hybrids in fiction and memoir that defy categories, challenge narratives and remark on the eerie culpabilities of discovery. Do nerds have more fun? Sometimes it reads that way. But don’t be fooled. When wonder and inquiry are subverted and held up to the light by these writers, the results are often uncomfortable, always dazzling.
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Fauna, by Christiane Vadnais
Delicious murk and lyrical category-creep distinguish this linked short-story collection that sees biologist Laura navigate extreme weather in Shivering Heights, a place where climate change shakes down scientific certainties, and in the process of understanding a mutating parasite, Laura’s own body becomes another specimen to comprehend.
Geek-worthy moment:
In a story titled, “In Vivo,” a winter storm traps Laura in a laboratory where she’s torn …
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She Blinded Me With Science
Krista Foss's new novel is Half Life.
*
There’s a dark poetry to scientific language that’s hard to resist, and we’re lucky these women writers don’t. By adapting the lexicon and ideas of science to their work, they’ve created bold hybrids in fiction and memoir that defy categories, challenge narratives and remark on the eerie culpabilities of discovery. Do nerds have more fun? Sometimes it reads that way. But don’t be fooled. When wonder and inquiry are subverted and held up to the light by these writers, the results are often uncomfortable, always dazzling.
*****
Fauna, by Christiane Vadnais
Delicious murk and lyrical category-creep distinguish this linked short-story collection that sees biologist Laura navigate extreme weather in Shivering Heights, a place where climate change shakes down scientific certainties, and in the process of understanding a mutating parasite, Laura’s own body becomes another specimen to comprehend.
Geek-worthy moment:
In a story titled, “In Vivo,” a winter storm traps Laura in a laboratory where she’s torn …
