“A little-known slice of 19th century Canadian history dished up as fiction with scandal, murder and mayhem on a rugged stretch of island off the northern shore of Lake Huron. Well crafted and a darned good read.”
-- 2021 Fred Kerner Book Awards Jury

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 FRED KERNER BOOK AWARD
FICTION
Signature Editions

"... [these stories] remind us that the purpose of fiction is not always to entertain but occasionally to confound expectations, provoke discomfort, or probe the various folds of the unknown."
-- Quill & Quire
SHORT FICTION
Thistledown Press

"A mixture of biography and science, Vanessa Farnsworth's Rain on a Distant Roof: A Personal Journey Through Lyme Disease in Canada not only introduces the reader to the bizarrely intelligent bacterium at the root of Lyme disease, it recounts the Creston, B.C. resident's own horrendous battle with the disease since 2007."
--BC Bookworld
NON-FICTION
Signature Editions