Unsung CanLit Heroes 2012
Canadian Literature is a many-splendoured thing, quirky, surprising and impossible to pin down, and the books in our Unsung CanLit Heroes list are no exception. Compiled by our nation-wide community of readers at 49thShelf, these are the books of the year that didn’t necessarily get the hype they deserved, but which demonstrate the richness and breadth of Canadian books. And not least, they offer readers some mind-blowing reading experiences.
Malarky
Valery The Great
Life Is About Losing Everything
Mad Hope
All the Voices Cry
Bull Head
Floating Like the Dead
Stories
The Emperor of Paris
Love Monster, The
A Novel
Swallow
The Blondes
The Lava in My Bones
Radio Belly
Stories
Matter of Life and Death or Something, A
Love and the Mess We’re In
High-Water Mark
How to Get Along With Women
Short Stories
Omens in the Year of the Ox
The Cloaca
People Who Disappear
