Reviews & Press

Lucy E.M. Black’s incredible gift for storytelling swept me away to what would have been my Scottish grandparents’ first early days here in Canada.

Author Lucy E.M. Black was a corporate trainer before becoming a career educator. She is the author of The Marzipan Fruit Basket, Eleanor Courtown, Stella’s Carpet, and The Brickworks. Her short [...]

"Class Lessons is just that. Lessons. Interweaving her personal vulnerability with the needs of individuals, Lucy is able to illustrate the "calling" of teaching....and serving."

Best Books Awards 2023 marked an exciting year for Fiction Books at TMR. We proudly recognized fabulous fiction selected as Best Books by the excellent team of TMR reviewers. The Brickworks by [...]

This book is a must-read for educators, administrators, parents and anyone who works with vulnerable youth. These stories, in their clear-eyed truths, will resonate with any reader who's ever [...]

While working as a vice-principal and then principal in several high schools, I regularly interacted with other administrative colleagues and on such occasions, we often shared our “war stories” [...]

Class Lessons: Stories of Vulnerable Youth by Lucy E.M. Black is a stunning collection. Fictionalized to protect the identities of its characters, this is a gritty account of vulnerable youth in [...]

Among the qualities of Black’s writing that keep these stories real are her honesty and humility. She writes of her own fear in certain situations. Of a character named Jade, Black admits: “She [...]

In Eleanor Courtown, I have found my literary unicorn! This is the type of romance I grew up on and have missed. I am confident that late 19th century Canada from Black’s POV is my go-to [...]

I picked up Eleanor Courtown by Lucy E.M. Black @lucyemblack as my read for International Women’s Day… The story opens in 1870 with Eleanor Courtown waving off her just-married cousin, Lily, and [...]