Guernica Editions

Shira Nayman's River received a starred review in Library Journal.

Eloquent and polished, with characters who breathe and speak as if they are in the same room as the reader, this fourth novel by Nayman (A Mind of Winter) would be a valuable choice for teen Jewish studies as well as for YA and adult book discussion groups. Highly recommended.

https://www.libraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=river

Sarah Xerar Murphy's Itzel I has been shortlisted for the NB Book Awards Mrs. Dunster's Award for Fiction!

“The accredited psychologist’s answers to the big questions provide a compassionate and humorous backdrop on to how to seize the day and not give up hope when faced with the nasty realities of poor health and unrealized aspirations”

Turn to page 71

https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/aar/docs/magazine/2020-winter-Concordia_University_Magazine.pdf

This novel is a history, one that provides a window into the past. But it is also relevant to today. The themes of revolution and machines are apt for our times… It is this parallel between the present and the past that makes Against the Machines: Luddites a must-read in 2020.

Read the full review here

https://www.prairiefire.ca/against-the-machine-luddites-by-brian-van-norman/

From the Australian Outback, where she meets a young Aboriginal man, to racist, rigidly segregated South Africa during World War II, to the midst of a pogrom in Lithuania, and then all the way back to the Babylon of biblical times, fourteen-year-old Emily has deep encounters with the young women she meets and ultimately, the histories that have mysteriously and yet powerfully shaped her own soul.

Forthcoming from Guernica Editions April 2020

Watch the trailer here

https://shiranayman.com/river-welcome-start/

"The usual moves – draw the curtains, look at the rain, open the damper on my woodstove, feed it some kindling to get it going again, then a couple of larger logs. CBC news and weather. A walk along the ocean-front, then around the block to home, muddy driveway, fill the wheelbarrow with firewood, trundle it to the backdoor. Breakfast. Computer station. Existential questions. Why write? To process and understand what’s happened in my life. Why keep on promoting? A book is like a child. It must be pushed forward into the world, encouraged every day."

Read more:

http://mysmallpresswritingday.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-day-in-life-of-promoter-by-amanda-hale.html