en-us New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore takes us on a theatrical journey around fin de siècle France inspired by Van Gogh&rsquo...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37258--sacre-bleu-by-christopher-moore 2012-05-16 14:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37258--sacre-bleu-by-christopher-moore Gabriella Mondini was born in the wrong century. The daughter of a prominent physician in 16th-century Venice, she has trained as a doctor but can...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37244--the-book-of-madness-and-cures-by-regina-o-melveny 2012-05-13 10:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37244--the-book-of-madness-and-cures-by-regina-o-melveny Debut author Grace McCleen drew on her background to tell the captivating but ultimately harrowing tale of Judith MacPherson, a 10-year-old growing up...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37508--q-a-with-the-land-of-decoration-s-grace-mccleen 2012-05-11 10:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37508--q-a-with-the-land-of-decoration-s-grace-mccleen What does a rheumatologist know about assassinations? Normally, not much. But while watching the news at home one day, Dr. Paul Allen learns that...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37278--the-good-father-by-noah-hawley 2012-05-09 14:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37278--the-good-father-by-noah-hawley Andy Barber considers himself to be a good father. The assistant district attorney has worked hard to establish a comfortable life for his wife...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37276--defending-jacob-by-william-landay 2012-05-07 14:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37276--defending-jacob-by-william-landay Clare Wald is a famous South African author, a virtual recluse who spends her days dwelling on her role in the death of her sister and regrets...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37285--absolution-by-patrick-flanery-q-a-with-the-author 2012-05-06 10:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37285--absolution-by-patrick-flanery-q-a-with-the-author In our final chat about Grace McCleen’s debut novel, Alex, Lora and I revel in the brilliance of McCleen’s writing. She beautifully...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37503--discussion-part-2-of-grace-mccleen-s-the-land-of-decoration 2012-05-01 10:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37503--discussion-part-2-of-grace-mccleen-s-the-land-of-decoration Alex, Lora and I marvel at how debut author Grace McCleen interweaves this tale of religious fundamentalism and bullying with laugh-out-loud humour...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37501--discussion-part-1-of-grace-mcleen-s-the-land-of-decoration 2012-04-27 11:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37501--discussion-part-1-of-grace-mcleen-s-the-land-of-decoration As he approaches his 50th birthday and agrees to look after an old girlfriend’s daughter, Marcel recalls his own unconventional 1960s...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37271--stray-love-by-kyo-maclear 2012-04-26 16:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37271--stray-love-by-kyo-maclear Grace McCleen's debut novel, The Land of Decoration, has already received a lot of buzz in her native U.K., and it's no wonder. It tells the story of...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37505--excerpt-grace-mccleen-s-the-land-of-decoration 2012-04-24 08:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37505--excerpt-grace-mccleen-s-the-land-of-decoration Mystery readers and television fans alike will be familiar with Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin. He’s best known for his series of novels...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36910--ian-rankin-s-five-favourite-books 2012-04-20 03:35:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36910--ian-rankin-s-five-favourite-books The hook: Ten-year-old Judith McPherson, brought up in a strict fundamentalist Christian household, is convinced the end of the world is on the way...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36677--the-land-of-decoration-is-our-next-book-club-pick 2012-04-17 08:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36677--the-land-of-decoration-is-our-next-book-club-pick The Chatelaine Book Club recently co-hosted Gurjinder Basran at an event for Everything Was Good-Bye, her debut novel and our April...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37447--our-evening-with-gurjinder-basran-author-of-everything-was-good-bye 2012-04-16 17:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37447--our-evening-with-gurjinder-basran-author-of-everything-was-good-bye When a rock crashes through Amelia J. McGee’s window, the fiery NAACP activist hurriedly sends her daughter, Ella, on the next bus home to...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37253--glow-by-jessica-maria-tuccelli 2012-04-14 12:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37253--glow-by-jessica-maria-tuccelli Author Gurjinder Basran talks with Chatelaine about her award-winning debut novel, its themes of personal and cultural identity, love and loss and her...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37308--q-a-with-everything-was-good-bye-s-gurjinder-basran 2012-04-13 10:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37308--q-a-with-everything-was-good-bye-s-gurjinder-basran Circus strongman Edouard Beaupré of Willow Bunch, Sask., stood over eight feet tall and died in 1904 at just 23. For years, Université...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37248--the-anatomy-of-edouard-beaupre-by-sarah-kathryn-york 2012-04-11 14:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37248--the-anatomy-of-edouard-beaupre-by-sarah-kathryn-york Lora, Alex and I discuss the concluding section of Gurjinder Basran’s debut novel (page 197 to the end), and how pleased we were with the...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36664--discussion-gurjinder-basran-s-everything-was-good-bye-part-3 2012-04-10 10:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36664--discussion-gurjinder-basran-s-everything-was-good-bye-part-3 Just after the Second World War a woman by the name of Lily Azerov arrives in Canada to start anew. She marries into the Kramer family but suddenly...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37245--the-imposter-bride-by-nancy-richler 2012-04-08 16:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/37245--the-imposter-bride-by-nancy-richler In Part 2 of our chat Alex, Lora and I discuss the unexpected twists and turns the plot takes in Gurjinder Basran’s debut novel, and how Basran...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36660--discussion-everything-was-good-bye-by-gurjinder-basran-part-2 2012-04-03 15:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36660--discussion-everything-was-good-bye-by-gurjinder-basran-part-2 American-born Cherry travels back to Vietnam to mend a broken relationship with her beloved brother Lum, who was banished there five years before...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36468--the-reeducation-of-cherry-truong-by-aimme-phan 2012-03-31 14:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36468--the-reeducation-of-cherry-truong-by-aimme-phan In Part 1 of our chat about Gurjinder Basran’s provocative debut novel, Everything Was Good-Bye (to page 96) Lora, Alex and I discuss Basran...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36658--discussion-gurjinder-basran-s-everything-was-good-bye-part-1 2012-03-30 03:30:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36658--discussion-gurjinder-basran-s-everything-was-good-bye-part-1 Janie has to deal with a curse: Legend has it that a sister from each generation of her family disappears. So when her younger sister, Hannah, is...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36466--forgotten-country-by-catherine-chung 2012-03-28 16:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36466--forgotten-country-by-catherine-chung The hook: “What does want have to do with it?” That’s the central question in this story about a Punjabi teen growing up in British...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36675--everything-was-good-bye-is-our-next-book-club-pick 2012-03-27 10:05:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36675--everything-was-good-bye-is-our-next-book-club-pick A beloved matriarch lived a rich life full of love and happiness — at least that’s what she’s led everyone to believe. When she...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36460--the-affair-by-alicia-clifford 2012-03-26 16:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/36460--the-affair-by-alicia-clifford The debut author of The Snow Child talks to us about her love of Alaska, the scariest thing that’s happened to her in the wild, lessons of life...

]]> http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/35927--q-a-with-the-snow-child-s-eowyn-ivey 2012-03-23 10:00:00.000 http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/35927--q-a-with-the-snow-child-s-eowyn-ivey