Noteworthy novelists
Building on the list of historical fiction we presented in October, here are several more new and recent Canadian historical fiction books. They include Gil Adamson’s Ridgerunner, a finalist for both the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Writer’s Trust Fiction Prize, The Grand Melee, by multiple award-winning novelist and playwright Michel Tremblay, and The Death and Life of Strother Purcell, by award-winning novelist, playwright and screenwriter Ian Weir.
Ridgerunner, by Gil Adamson
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The Grand Melee, by Michel Tremblay, translated by Sheila Fischman
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Marilla of Green Gables, by Sarah McCoy
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Lost in Barkerville, crossover novel by Bitten Acherman
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The Death and Life of Strother Purcell, by Ian Weir
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Hiding Scars, by Richard Zaric
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Papergirl, for young readers by Melinda McCracken, with Penelope Jackson
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The Quintland Sisters, by Shelley Wood
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The Most Perfect Gift, by Hubert Furey
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Come from Away, by Genevieve Graham
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ANNA, Like Thunder, by Peggy Herring
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House of Crows, by Edeana Malcolm
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The Forgotten Daughter, by Joanna Goodman
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