Burlington, VT, Aug 26, 2011 — Creston Lea builds custom electric guitars in Burlington. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop. Betsy Kepes reviews Wild Punch, Lea's book of linked short stories.  Go to full article

Jun 22, 2011 — The Scotiabank Giller Prize is Canada's premiere award for fiction written in English. This year's winning novel is set in a small Ontario town along the St. Lawrence Seaway. Betsy Kepes has this review of The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud.  Go to full article

Colton, NY, May 31, 2011 — Eric Siblin worked as a journalist in Kingston, Ontario then wrote pop music reviews for a Montreal newspaper. One evening, he happened upon a recital for solo cello. He details his amazement and new obsession in his new book, The Cello Suites -- J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece. Betsy Kepes has this review.  Go to full article

Colton, NY, Apr 06, 2011 — Kathleen Winter's first novel, Annabel, was a finalist for Canada's prestigious Giller Prize. Set in Labrador, the book imagines an intersex child growing up in a remote northern village. Our book critic, Betsy Kepes, has this review.  Go to full article

Feb 22, 2011 — This week Random House releases Sara Henry's debut mystery, Learning to Swim. The story begins, literally, in Lake Champlain when Troy Chance jumps off a ferry to rescue a small child. From there the action proceeds to Lake Placid, Ottawa and Burlington. Betsy Kepes talked to Sara Henry about the North Country setting of her book.  Go to full article

Quebec, QC, Feb 08, 2011 — Winter is the perfect time of year to curl up in a comfortable chair with a cup of cocoa and good mystery. Betsy Kepes reviews Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny.  Go to full article

Colton, NY, Jan 26, 2011 — Regional books include more than histories and trail guides. Canadian writer Tim Wynne-Jones sets his latest book, "The Uninvited", in rural Ontario, somewhere east of Ottawa. Eric Luper uses the Saratoga Springs race course as the center of his novel, "Bug Boy". Betsy Kepes reviews these new books for teen readers.  Go to full article

Colton, NY, Oct 04, 2010 — In the North Country, we see whitetail deer grazing in fields and leaping across roads at dusk. Author Elizabeth Marshall Thomas sees far more than that. Betsy Kepes reviews her new book, The Hidden Life of Deer, Lessons form a Natural World.  Go to full article