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“Robinson has a gift for making disparate elements come together into a convincing narrative, breathing myth, lore and magic into otherwise harsh realities….”— MACLEAN'S MAGAZINE

Claire Cameron’s THE LAST NEANDERTHAL—“feminist literature of the highest order”—is on the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlist!

“Impressively executed.… The contrasting and similar reactions to motherhood are emblematic of the book’s greatest strength—its ability to collapse time and space to draw together seemingly dissimilar species: ancestors and successors, writer and reader.”— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review

Author Yasuko Thanh, photo by Don Denton

Yasuko Thanh’s MYSTERIOUS FRAGRANCE OF THE YELLOW MOUNTAINS wins the Victoria Book Prize!

“A compelling and devastating debut.”— THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Congratulations, Eden Robinson! The author of SON OF A TRICKSTER makes the cover of the BC Bookworld autumn issue!

Click on the picture to read the featured article

“What this novel does for the non-indigenous reader is to make totem poles, masks, and legends come alive. This remarkable novel accordingly takes indigenous writing to a new level.”— BC BOOKWORLD

Congratulations to Sandrone Dazieri!
KILL THE FATHER is a Richard and Judy
Book Club Fall pick.

“Absolutely electrifying. Kill the Father is one of those rare treasures: a page-turning thriller—in every sense of the phrase—that is also brilliantly nuanced and rich with insight into the complex and compelling minds of those, good and bad, who inhabit its pages. This novel is the new definition of a one-sitting read.”— JEFFERY DEAVER, New York Times bestselling author of the The Bone Collector and The Steel Kiss

“Kill the Father is absorbing, disturbing, clever, bizarre, original and brutal. The outline of the plot is simple, its execution thrilling.”— THE LONDON TIMES “Crime Round-Up Book of the Month”

Read the reviews for Dazieri's Kill the Father

The Daily Mail calls Kill the Father “brutal and frighteningly realistc”

Watch the book trailer for Dazieri's Kill the Father

Sample a bittersweet story from the author of
The Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains
in Maisonneuve magazine.

Yasuko Thanh in Maisonneuve Magazine:
Her Father, Your Father, My Father

The dramatic story of the coming together of Neanderthals and Humans comes to life in THE LAST NEANDERTHAL by Claire Cameron.

“A powerful, warm and thought-provoking book that artfully blends facts
with fiction to put flesh on many abstract scientific debates.”
— Yuval Noah Harari, New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Click on the links to find out more about The Last Neanderthal

The Globe and Mail chooses The Last Neaderthal as one of the “most anticipated books of 2017”

Read the starred review that Publishers Weekly gave to The Last Neanderthal

The Last Neaderthal appears on the CBC 2017 Books Preview list

Congratulations to Alix Hawley, winner of the
2017 CBC Short Story Prize!

Read the prize-winning short story that won the CBC Short Story Prize

Learn more about Alix Hawley and her story-writing process

A special treat—click on the link for another short story by Alix Hawley

Something dark and wacky this way comes!
Eden Robinson's newest novel, Son of a Trickster, makes
its way into Canadian bookstores February 2017.

“Son of a Trickster is a unique, genuinely surprising novel from one of Canada’s finest writers, a blend of
hardscrabble coming-of-age story with mythic fiction at its most powerfully subversive. It’s exactly as slippery
as a trickster tale should be, changing direction and shape even as you convince yourself you know what’s going on,
and what will likely happen next.… This is Robinson at her best.”
— THE NATIONAL POST —

Eden Robinson

“Eden Robinson is a masterful storyteller. Shimmering with deft prose, unforgettable characters, and haunting
truths, Son of a Trickster reminds us that sometimes the surest way to solid ground is through believing in magic.”
— Ami McKay, author of The Birth House, The Virgin Cure, and The Witches of New York

Read the buzz for Eden Robinson’s Son of a Trickster

The National Post calls Son of a Trickster "a powerful magic-realist work"

Son of a Trickster hailed as "a charmingly chaotic tale" by The Toronto Star

Son of a Trickster appears on the CBC Books Preview for Spring 2017

Son of a Trickster is one of The Globe and Mail's most anticipated books of 2017

Sandrone Dazieri's international bestseller,
Kill the Father, makes its English-language debut
January 2017.

“Absolutely electrifying. Kill the Father is one of those rare treasures: a page-turning thriller—in every sense of the phrase—
that is also brilliantly nuanced and rich with insight into the complex and compelling minds of those, good and bad,
who inhabit its pages. This novel is the new definition of a one-sitting read.”
— JEFFERY DEAVER, New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Collector and The Steel Kiss

“Kill the Father is an intense, gripping, and entirely unforgettable story—part psychological puzzle, part police procedural, and part conspiracy theory. Mr. Dazieri has written a thriller of the highest order. Highly recommended.”
— CHRISTOPHER REICH, New York Times bestselling author of the Numbered Account and Rules of Deception

“A mind-bending, stunningly original page-turner…In Dante and Colomba, Sandrone Dazieri has created two of the most memorable characters in modern crime fiction.”— JONATHAN KELLERMAN, internationally bestselling author of A Cold Heart and Dr. Death

“Ingenious…features a pair of protagonists with personal demons as unnerving as the vicious monster they’re pursuing.”
— JOHN VERDAN, internationally bestselling author of Think of a Number and Wolfe Lake

“Sandrone Dazieri's American debut is an epic tale that surprises at every turn—a twisty, mind-boggler that introduces not one but two memorable protagonists and hurls them into circumstances that threaten both their lives and sanity. The rollercoaster ride continues to the very last page, leaving me impatient for the sequel.”— JOSEPH FINDER, New York Times bestselling author of Guilty Minds and Suspicion

Kill the Father - International covers

Check out the early reviews for Kill The Father. Click on the publication name to see the full review.

“Don't be surprised if Kill the Father becomes the next Big Thing in international crime fiction.”— BOOKLIST, starred review

“Dazzling U.S. debut.”— PUBLISHERS WEELKLY

“A dark treat for mystery buffs.”— KIRKUS REVIEWS

“This captivating novel keeps readers guessing until the final page.”
— Library Journal, starred review

Congratulations to Yasuko Thanh and Eden Robinson:
2016 Writers' Trust Award Winners

Eden Robinson (far left) and Yasuko Thanh (third from the left) with all the winners from the 2016 Writers’ Trust Awards. Click the picture to see the images on the Writers' Trust's 2016 Awards Facebook gallery

Yasuko Thanh and Eden Robinson were both honoured at the 2016 Writers' Trust Awards on November 2nd.

Check out the amazing press Yasuko and Eden have received.

From Writers' Trust of Canada: Yasuko Thanh on her award-winning novel Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains - YouTube

From CBC: Writers' Trust Fiction winner Yasuko Thanh on "writing outside the ordinary realm"

From Times Colonist: Yasuko Thanh wins the Writers' Trust Award

From CBC Radio (Yasuko Thanh at Part 3; Minute 15:43): Yasuko Thanh on CBC Radio

From Quill and Quire: Yasuko Thanh, Deborah Campbell win Writers’ Trust Awards

From Macleans: Spotlight on Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Winner Yasuko Thanh

Writers' Trust: Celebrating the Winners

From the Toronto Star: First-time novelist wins $25,000 Writers’ Trust prize

From the National Post: Yasuko Thanh, Deborah Campbell, Gregory Scofield among 2016 Writers’ Trust award winners

From Breakfast Television: An Interview with Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize winner, Yasuko Thanh

From CBC: Eden Robinson, Gregory Scofield, Yasuko Thanh among 2016 Writers' Trust Prize winners

From CTV News: B.C. authors Yasuko Thanh, Deborah Campbell among Writers' Trust Award winners

Yasuko Thanh won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for her debut novel Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains.

Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains, by Yasuko Thanh

"Straining under the colonial rule of the French at the turn of the twentieth century, Vietnam is rife with corruption, oppression, opium dens, and revolutionary cells, and an active guillotine dominates a Saigon square. With compelling narrative drive, Yasuko Thanh imbues Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains with atmosphere and resonance, and creates mesmerizing characters who undergo complex change—politically, socially, personally, sexually—as they are gathered into a vortex of intrigue and risk. The author is as fearless and as wise in reshaping the mystique of the revolutionary as she is in delineating a dramatic time and place in this elegant and tantalizing novel."
—Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Jurors Pasha Malla, Lauren B. Davis, & Trevor Ferguson

Click the cover of Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains to learn more about the
2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Prize-winning novel.

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A hearty congratulations to three Bukowski Agency authors for their recent nominations!

Congratulations, Eden Robinson! The author of SON OF A TRICKSTER makes the cover of the BC Bookworld autumn issue!

Congratulations to Sandrone Dazieri! KILL THE FATHER is a Richard and JudyBook Club Fall pick.

Sample a bittersweet story from the author of The Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains in Maisonneuve magazine.

The dramatic story of the coming together of Neanderthals and Humans comes to life in THE LAST NEANDERTHAL by Claire Cameron.

Congratulations to Alix Hawley, winner of the 2017 CBC Short Story Prize!

Something dark and wacky this way comes! Eden Robinson's newest novel, Son of a Trickster, makes its way into Canadian bookstores February 2017.

Sandrone Dazieri's international bestseller, Kill the Father, makes its English-language debut January 2017.

Congratulations to Yasuko Thanh and Eden Robinson: 2016 Writers' Trust Award Winners