August 16
Review PARIS ’44
New Book Offers an Enthralling, Cinematic Account of the Liberation of Paris during the Second World War
August 16
Historical Fiction
New Historical Fiction Visits 1891 Montana, 1833 London and 1989 Tiananmen Square
August 10
Kathy Reichs Author Talk
Forensic anthropology is mainly behind her, but Kathy Reichs is still dreaming up Temperance Brennan Books
July 27
Porn, Pot and Donor Eyeballs: The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards
July 20
Hollywood’s Golden Age and China’s Cultural Revolution come to life in the latest historical novels
June 29, 2024
Marianne Miller Author Talk
Ernest Hemingway’s Time in Toronto Working for the Toronto Star Sparks a First Time Novel
June 22, 2024
Hart Hanson Author Talk
In His New Novel the Creator of TV’s BONES Channels the Classic Private Eyes
June 22, 2024
Historical Fiction
These Four Enchanting Historical Novels Transport You to London, Rome, Paris, Massachusetts and Beyond
May 9, 2024
Historical Fiction
A Fractured Friendship in 1940’s Haiti and Sisters Keeping Secrets During WWII
March 30, 2024
The Truth About Lisa Scottoline
March 23, 2024
Four New Historical Fiction Novels to Sweep You Away to Distant Shores
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February 14, 2024
The Only Remedy for Love is to Love More: Life Imagined on Thoreau’s Walden Pond
February 13, 2024
Kate Quinn and Janie Chang on Co-writing The Phoenix Crown
February 10, 2024
4 New Historical Fiction Novels Pay Homage to Long Buried Stories
January 11, 2024
He froze, his rooms were vermin-infested, and the weather was foul: read how Mozart came of age in Italy
January 4, 2024
4 New Historical Fiction Titles That’ll Break Your Heart and Put It Back Together Again
December 23, 2023
Top 5 Historical Fiction
December 7, 2023
Four new historical fiction reads that entertain, enlighten, transform
December 5, 2023
ROBERTA RICH Profile
History, pogroms and inspiration: How this 77-year-old writer became a bestseller
November 9, 2023
Women and warfare: a colourful history of women on the battlefield
November 4, 2023
Four of the latest and best historical fiction: richly imagined, thoroughly researched, told by gifted storytellers
September 14, 2023
CHARLOTTE GRAY Profile
Reclaiming women’s history: The little told story of Jennie Churchill and Sara Roosevelt, mothers to Winston and Franklin Delano
September 7, 2023
Travel from the 1400s through the 1970s through these 4 new historical novels
August 29, 2023
EMMA DONOGHUE Profile, Learned By Heart
August 2, 2023
Four August must-reads: historical fiction novels to heal wounded souls
July 31, 2023
ANN PATCHETT profile, On her novel Tom Lake and Writing a Great Seduction
June 24, 2023
Feature new fiction from Anne Berest, Ellen Keith, Bryn Turnbull and Luis Alberto Urrea
June 3, 2023
How a magpie named George saved poet Frieda Hughes
May 4, 2023
4 Historical Novels that Feature Crowns, Art, Colonialism & Invasion
April 15, 2023
Helen Keller as Political Crusader?
April 6, 2023
Nicole Chung’s new memoir “A Living Remedy”: “I’m an expert at grieving under capitalism. Watch and learn.”
March 25, 2023
4 Historical Novels Uncover New Stories in Familiar Places
March 7, 2023
Owen King on the magic of writing his new book “The Curator”: ‘I think, ‘God, how did I get from A to Z?’’
February 18
Round up: Four New Historical Fiction Books to Spark a Conversation
Bishop The Other Daughter
Castro A Brilliant Flame
Crewe The New Life
Lester The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre
January 14, 2023
Round up: Four best new books for Historical Fiction lovers
Cullhed Euphoria
Groarke Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara
Montefiore An Italian Girl in Brooklyn
Walsh The Call of the Wrens
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December 21, 2022
Year in Review
Top 5 Historical Fiction
Lapierre Belle Greene
MacNeal Mother Daughter Traitor Spy
Mah Jacqueline in Paris
Marshall Looking for Jane
Parikh The Circus Train
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December 10, 2022
THE EVOLUTION OF CHARLES DARWIN: new biography by Diana Preston breathes new life into a familiar story
December 3, 2022
4 Historical Fiction Books Feature Familiar Women Breaking New Ground
MacNeal Mother Daughter Traitor Spy
Mah Jacqueline in Paris
O’Farrell The Marriage Portrait
Treger Madwoman
October 8, 2022
4 New Historical Fiction Books Celebrate Women’s Bravery and Intellect
Brookes Acts of Love and War
Edwards The Thread Collectors
Palka The Orphan Girl
Paul The Manhattan Girls
September 9, 2022
Killers of a Certain Age: where sexagenarian assassins use societal invisibility to their advantage
August 13, 2022
4 Historical Fiction Novels Dominated by Remarkable Debut Writers
James The Woman With Two Shadows
Lapierre Belle Greene
Pook Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter
Stevens Briefly, A Delicious Life
August 6, 2022
Kiki, Man Ray’s muse, focus of new biography by Mark Braude
July 9, 2022
4 Historical Fiction Books That Reveal Hidden Histories and Page Turning Plots
Graham Bluebird
Jenner Bloomsbury Girls
Leary The Foundling
Moss The Ghosts of Paris
Wed June 22, 2022
Toronto Star Exclusive: FEATURE Patrick Hemingway, Dear Papa
Ernest’s son, on the loving, funny father he knew
Sat May 7, 2022
Toronto Star: Historical Fiction Roundup
4 new historical fiction books that will pique your curiosity, hook you on the Mitfords, and satisfy with a pitch-perfect ending
Gorokhova A Train to Moscow
Knight The Mayfair Bookshop
Parikh The Circus Train
Tyler French Braid
Sat April 9, 2022
Toronto Star: Historical Fiction Roundup
4 historical fiction novels that resonate in the here and now
Clark On a Night of a Thousand Stars
De Gramont The Christie Affair
Myers The Tobacco Wives
Webb The Next Ship Home
Sat March 26, 2022
Toronto Star: PROFILE Rachel McMillan, The Mozart Code
Toronto writer Rachel McMillan on her new book The Mozart Code: My characters became my lockdown buddies
Sat March 12, 2022
Toronto Star: PROFILE Heather Marshall, Looking for Jane
Think the fight for reproductive rights is new? Novel Looking for Jane chronicles Canada’s history of adoption, maternity homes and abortion
Sat March 5, 2022
Toronto Star: FEATURE Azar Nafisi, Read Dangerously
In Read Dangerously Azar Nafisi reminds us that great books can transcend prejudices
Sat January 29, 2022
Toronto Star: Historical Fiction Roundup
4 new historical fiction novels that reimagine real life figures that you’ll get to know better
Cornick The Last Daughter of York
Hore A Beautiful Spy
Maher The Paris Bookseller
Thorp Learwife
Sat January 8, 2022
Toronto Star: Historical Fiction Roundup
4 new historical fiction novels that defy expectations
Clayton The Postmistress of Paris
Feldman Sisters of the Great War
Reay The London House
Weiss The Sisters Sweet
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Fri December 3, 2021
Toronto Star: 5 Historical Fiction Holiday Picks
27 books to make buying for those on your gift list a breeze: part 2 of the Toronto Star’s Books Gift Guide
Graham Letters Across the Sea
MacNeal The Hollywood Spy
Rochon Tuscan Daughter
Schaffert The Perfume Thief
Tóibín The Magician
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Fri November 12, 2021
Toronto Star Historical Fiction Roundup
4 new historical fiction novels to immerse you in imagination, love and war
Thurs November 11, 2021
Toronto Star: Review of The Correspondents
Six trailblazing women who became war correspondents in World War II
Sat October 10, 2021
Toronto Star Historical Fiction Roundup
Titanic, Mitford & Manet: big names feature in the latest historical fiction novels
September 11, 2021
Review of Guy Vanderhaeghe’s AUGUST INTO WINTER
A masterclass in character and storytelling
August 28, 2021
Historical Fiction Roundup
LGBTQ characters star in four of the best historical fiction novels
E.J. Levy’s The Cape Doctor
Susan Elia MacNeal’s The Hollywood Spy
Lisa Rochon’s Tuscan Daughter
Timothy Schaffert’s The Paris Thief
August 14, 2021
Review of Kathleen Winter’s UNDERSONG
Writer finally gets her poetic due
July 31, 2021
Review of THE LETTERS OF SHIRLEY JACKSON
Domestic and writerly lives collide
July 10, 2021: 4 Historical fiction novels take you to China and other extraordinary times
Roy Jacobsen’s White Shadow
Pamela Jenoff’s The Woman with the Blue Star
Edward Rutherfurd’s China
Ashley Weaver’s A Peculiar Combination
May 29, 2021: Trailblazers and risk-takers
Kelly Bowen’s The Paris Apartment
Michaela Carter’s Leonora in the Morning Light
Dawnie Walton’s The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Pip Williams’ The Dictionary of Lost Words
April 10, 2021: Historical Fiction takes you to Paris and London and a world away
Janet Skeslien Charles’ The Paris Library
Ruth Druart’s While Paris Slept
Jenny LeCoat’s The Girl from the Channel Islands
Kate Quinn’s The Rose Code
February 25, 2021: Lives Lived on a World Stage
Marie Benedict’s The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Serina Burdick’s Find Me In Havana
Nuala O’Connor’s Nora:
Erika Robuck’s The Invisible Woman
