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Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Elsie, the class tattletale, liar, and thief, claims the new girl at school, Annie, as her best friend. But Annie soon makes other friends as well and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie, who later succumbs to the epidemic and dies. Elsie is not absent from school long, though. She soon returns there as a ghost, ready to reclaim Annie's friendship and to punish all the girls who bullied her.

Always Happy Hour weaves tales of young women who are deeply flawed, intensely real, and who struggle to get out of their own way. These women love to drink and have sex; they make bad decisions with men who love them too much or too little; they haunt gas stations, public pools, and dive bars, seeking understanding in the most unlikely of places; and, although each shoulders the weight of different baggage, they all suspect they deserve better.

Lizard and Elsie are under way, but the WitchLight journey isn't an easy one. There are bumps and obstacles inside their own hearts. There are meddling witches, helpful knitters, and a fearsome duo with water pistols. And there is the greatest challenge of all: the one they will pick for each other.

World-famous (and now retired) photographer Jenvieve Adams has a debt to repay - and a soft spot for modern witches who have lost their way. Or so she thinks, until they actually show up.

Ghosts from Lizard's past - and the man who wants to be her future. The empty places in Elsie's soul - and the temptations of raspberry-laced courage. Walk once more with Jennie's students as they come to the end of their WitchLight journeys.

Êtes-vous de ceux qui déshabillent leurs Whippet avant de les manger ? Ou encore faites-vous partie de ceux qui font exploser la coque de chocolat avant de les déguster ? Peu importe la technique, le Whippet demeure le deuxième biscuit le plus vendu au Québec. Inventé et produit en sol québécois, il est un fleuron de la culture québécoise selon plusieurs. Le biscuit causera une commotion quand l’usine qui le fabrique sera délocalisée à l’extérieur du Québec en 2020. Un abandon selon certains… dont il ne restera que des miettes.

Brand Management. Bernice Summerfield needs a job. Professor Harry Burtenshaw thinks she’s just the ticket. But with the people of Lyndyaz celebrating their most important festival and the ruling Dominicci Corporation maintaining control with draconian glee, has Bernice turned up in the wrong place at the wrong time? Bad Habits. Meet Sister Bernice - newest initiate into the order of Saint Celestion.

The Dogs of Winter begins after a howling snowstorm envelops Montreal, and the body of a young woman is discovered in its wake. The only clue to her identity is the photograph in her pocket, and on it, the phone number of Detective Inspector Romeo Leduc. Meanwhile, Marie and Romeo are busy navigating their deepening relationship, and a student at Marie’s college is the victim of a terrible assault.

In a small village in the Laurentians, north of Montreal, a reclusive older woman is found strangled outside her home. Roméo Leduc, chief inspector for homicide, is one day away from his first vacation in years but reluctantly answers the call on the case. Marie Russell lives in the same small community. She did not know her elderly neighbor, and she does not expect to become embroiled in solving her murder. But when a startling new clue emerges, Marie becomes an inadvertent detective.

Greer Hogan is a librarian and an avid reader of murder mysteries. She also has a habit of stumbling upon murdered bodies. The first was her husband's, and the tragic loss led Greer to leave New York behind for a new start in the Village of Raven Hill. But her new home becomes less idyllic when she discovers her best friend sprawled dead on the floor of the library.  

Shiloh Bellamy cashed in her big-city job and 401K to return home to Michigan to save the family farm, but turning Bellamy Farms into a sustainable, organic operation is no small feat. And that’s especially the case once her new investor is found dead at the farmers’ market not long after signing the contract, a contract the whole town knows her father was wholeheartedly against. Now Shiloh must clear her family's name and track down the real killer before her farm dreams wilt before her very eyes. 

When opera singer Dawn Woodward has an onstage flameout, all she wants is to be left alone. She’s soon faced with other complications the day her husband announces her estranged brother-in-law, Tariq, is undergoing cancer treatment and moving in, his temperamental parrot in tow. To make matters worse, though she can’t whistle herself, she has been tasked with teaching arias to an outspoken group of devoted siffleurs who call themselves the Warblers.

Kat Howard has already been called a “remarkable writer” by Neil Gaiman, and her “dark and enticing” (Publishers Weekly) debut novel, Roses and Rot, was beloved by critics and fans alike. Now you can experience her collected shorter works, including two new stories. In these stories, equally as beguiling as her novels, Howard expands into the enchanted territory of myths and saints, as well as Arthurian legend, with a novella set upon a college campus, retelling the story of King Arthur through women’s eyes.

In his beautiful and haunting new book, Charles Lambert explores the fragmentary nature of memory, how the piecing together of short recollections can reveal a greater narrative. Through chapters tackling elemental themes such as sex, death, and money, Lambert assembles the narrator’s moving life story. Executed with all the grace and finesse of his previous acclaimed work, this is an incredible artistic achievement, breathtaking in its simplicity yet awe inspiring in its scope.

"I can't take Gloria. But no one else will have her. Who wants a goat?" Leo can't let Gloria die. But where do you keep a goat when you live in a first-floor flat? And what about the milking? He struggles to solve the problems, and Rachel and Harinder help him. But it's not just a goat they have to take care of. Before they know what's happening, there are ducks, too. And hens. And bees - Things are going wildly out of control!

When Frankie Blewitt brings home yet another F-for-failure school report, his parents decide to send him to boarding school. At first he is just relieved to be away from his horrible parents, but then he realises that something really weird is going on at Crammar Grammar. Frankie discovers that the headmaster, Dr Gore, has plans to turn the students into robot-like super-brains using his brain-drain machine!

This is a potato that can't be sliced up or mashed. This is a potato with attitude. It's come from outer space, and landed in the council rubbish tip. It's growing bigger by the minute, and is looking round for things to eat. Who can stop it?

Meet Juniper, a girl with no smell prejudice - she even likes sniffing Kit's armpits. Using an E-nose (the latest in smell technology) she duplicates people whose essences were in an old cabinet, among them an evil doctor whose nose keeps falling off.

Septimouse is a genius. He can do things that other mice cannot do. He can talk to cats, talk to big people, talk to little big people and make them as small as mice. But the one thing he really wants to do is eat some cheese, and how on earth is he going to do that? When little big person Katie’s dad loses his job, Septimouse has a brilliant plan. He shrinks Mum and Dad, and takes them through the mouse hole behind the fridge.

THE SKELINGTON Meet Purple Class Jamal, Ivette, Yasmin, Jodie, Leon, Shea and Zina! The children think their teacher has died when they see a skeleton in his chair is it Mr Wellington’s skelington? THE FLYING SPIDER All havoc breaks loose when Ivette and Zina see a deadly flying spider in the classroom... THE HALF-EATEN SWEATER Mr Wellington’s precious cricket sweater is in the bin, Shea and Jamal do a sponsored silence, Jodie says there’s a werewolf on the class trip and Ivette’s birthday cake gets sat on!