The Seaboard Review: February 17, 2025
Date Volume 2, Issue 7
Hello, TSR Subscriber!
Happy Provincial Holiday (except Quebec)! It’s a winter storm here in New Brunswick, but there’s lots of books to tell you about, so no holiday here in the TSR offices!
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The Weather Diviner by Elizabeth Murphy
Elizabeth Murphy’s The Weather Diviner is, at first glance, a novel of meteorology and intuition, but beneath the surface, it is a sweeping portrait of Newfoundland at a moment of profound historical transformation. Set in 1942, when the island was not yet a part of Canada but already deeply entangled in the war effort, the novel follows Violet Morgen, …
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The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica
In The Unworthy, Agustina Bazterrica gives readers a relentlessly dark and bloody story of hysteria and mutilation which conjures the grotty religious fervour, mysticism, and hyper ordered life of the sere Christian Middle Ages while also dipping a toe into the currents of eco nihilism. In these cautious times, the book should come with a trigger warnin…
Saints Rest by Luke Francis Beirne
Saints Rest by Luke Francis Beirne is set in a dreary Saint John, New Brunswick in the and centers around Frank Cain, a private investigator. Think Dashiel Hammett’s Sam Spade or the Continental Op, and you’re on the right track for a great read. This is Mr. Beirne’s third book (a novella actually), all published by Baraka Books. His previous two novels…
Holding Patterns in Yael van der Wouden’s The Safekeep
Yael van der Wouden’s debut novel The Safekeep is, by all accounts, a page-turner. Yet, what gives the reader cause to pause when the prose, in addition to the plot, grips and thickens? The intensity of The Safekeep results from the passionate relationship between Isabel, the protagonist, and her houseguest Eva, as well as the mysterious history and ide…
Out of the Ordinary: New Poems by Tom Wayman Lives Up to Its Title
After reading his memoir The Road to Appledore, or How I Went Back to the Land Without Ever Having Lived There in the First Place, I was sufficiently intrigued by Tom Wayman’s humour and his interest in nature to pick up his new poetry collection, Out of the Ordinary
In Conversation…
Left Turn at Albuquerque: In Dialogue with David Drummond, Salamander Hill
David Drummond is the founder and principal of Salamander Hill Design, based in Elgin, Québec, Canada. Their studio in a 200-year-old stone farmhouse, works on projects that include book covers, packaging, brand identity, and illustration. Their award-winning work has been featured in AIGA (American Institute of Graphics Arts) design competitions, AAUP …
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Saint’s Rest Book Launch!
March 1st, The Write Cup, Market Square, Saint John NB.
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