The Porcupine's Quill

A story of travail and triumph, Mark Huebner’s wordless novel Let Go follows a laid-off ad man struggling to carry the deadweight of his past as he labours through a blizzard toward an unknown future.

2022—ForeWord Indies Book Award,
Long-listed

The play of light and shadow defines Mark Frutkin’s vibrant narrative based on the life of the seventeenth-century painter known as Caravaggio, whose revolutionary use of the chiaroscuro technique fuelled his dazzling success while his demons led him down the path of exile and, ultimately, assassination.

2022—Independent Publisher (IPPY) awards,
Runner-up

Bruce McDougall’s skilful short stories sketch a warts-and-all portrait of humanity, illuminating the mysterious forces that drive people to behave in unique—and uniquely human—ways.

2022—Independent Publisher (IPPY) awards,
Commended

2022—ReLit Awards, Short Fiction,
Shortlisted

A traumatized young man steps away from his protective family and embarks on a transformative two-month stint as a tree planter in Northern Ontario. There he seeks comfort and healing in new friends, a mix-tape and letters to his dead brother.

2022—Independent Publisher (IPPY) awards,
Winner

In D.A. Lockhart’s Breaking Right ordinary Hoosiers experience extraordinary moments that reveal the complicated correlations between their beliefs, their relationships and the land beneath their feet.

2021—The Miramichi Reader Best Fiction List,
Commended

2022—ReLit Awards, Short Fiction,
Shortlisted