The House on Selkirk Avenue is now widely available. Find it in bookstores across Canada, or order it from Indigo, amazon.ca, or direct from the publisher, Guernica Editions. US residents: purchase it from Barnes & Noble, or amazon.com. If you’re in the UK: find it …
Irwin Block reviews The House on Selkirk Avenue in Montreal’s Senior Times: “And always, ever-present in this carefully crafted and engaging story, are regrets, the what-if’s that can overtake one’s thoughts during mid-life reflections … This is not a political book. The October crisis comes …
Timothy Niedermann reviews The House on Selkirk Avenue in The Ottawa Review of Books, saying the novel “is a reflection upon many things – aging, memory, the unpredictable and uncontrollable ways life is directed and changed, regret … Karafilly has chosen a moment in time …
Ian McGillis interviews Irena Karafilly in the Montreal Gazette: “Set in Montreal in 1998, The House on Selkirk Avenue finds its heroine Kate looking back nearly 30 years to the unresolved end of a relationship she had with Guillaume, an aspiring classical musician … The …
The House on Selkirk Avenue was Toronto critic Kerry Clare’s first pick on CBC’s Ontario Morning. The book, she said, is “a really beautiful story … a coming of middle-age novel.” You can listen to the discussion here: Ontario Morning from CBC Radio – Wednesday …
Just in time for the release of The House on Selkirk Avenue, I am pleased to announce the launch of my newly redesigned website at irenakarafilly.com. I hope you like it, and find it both fun and informative. Most notably, the site is now responsive …