Fall 2023 Releases Available for Pre-order
We are excited to announce our Fall 2023 titles: If you lie down in a field, she will find you there by Colleen Brown, Jawbone by Meghan Greeley, and The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief by Steven Mayoff.
Read more about each book below.
If you lie down in a field, she will find you there by Colleen Brown
Biography/Creative Non-fiction ✷ Release Date: October 3 2023
While in the middle of a divorce and in the process of reinventing herself, Doris Brown died suddenly in 1974. Two years later, a serial killer confessed to her murder. What propels this book is a desire to recover Doris’ life, which has been obscured by the spectacle of her death. If you lie down in a field, she will find you there, captures the cadence of family stories collected through interviews the author conducted with her siblings. Essays and memories by Doris Brown’s youngest children, Colleen and Laura, appear alongside spoken word anecdotes that contain the family’s oral history and tell us who she was.
Available for pre-order here: radiantpress.ca/shop/p/ifyouliedown
Jawbone by Meghan Greeley
Fiction ✷ Release Date: October 10 2023
A young woman has one minute to speak on a submission video to win a one-way trip to Mars, a location she views as the ultimate escape. As she barricades herself in a cottage by the sea and prepares to record, she examines her fixation on the colour red, shame, guilt, a dramatic breakup with her boyfriend, and the breakdown of her relationship with her best friend. There is another problem however, her jaw has been wired shut for a long time, and shes having trouble speaking. A passionate story about queer love and loneliness and a dazzling debut from author Meghan Greeley.
Available for pre-order here: radiantpress.ca/shop/p/jawbone
The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief by Steven Mayoff
Fiction ✷ Release Date: October 17 2023
Samson Grief, a reclusive painter in PEI struggling with a creative block, is confronted by three red-haired figments of his imagination in the form of Judas Iscariot, Fagin and Shylock. They claim to be messengers of “The Supreme One”, a genderless deity who has decreed PEI to be the new Promised Land and also wants Samson to build the Island’s first synagogue. Scared, confused, and seriously doubting his sanity, Samson eventually, though grudgingly, accepts the challenge amidst increasingly bizarre obstacles.
Available for pre-order here: radiantpress.ca/shop/p/islandgospel
