Reviews & Press

Port Perry author Lucy E. M. Black joined us in-studio to tell us about her new novel Brickworks. It tells the story of the immigrants who brought bricks to this province in the early 1900s.

The challenge with writing historical fiction is not just taking the past and bringing it to life, but making it immediate. As immediate as the page in front of you, the smell of dinner cooking [...]

Acclaimed short story writer and novelist, Lucy E.M Black (recently The Brickworks from Now or Never Publishing) shares the alchemy that goes into developing her characters, practical writerly [...]

The Brickworks by Lucy E. M. Black will sweep its readers back in time to the early 1900s when the spark of imagination and technology was on the cusp of igniting. After the disaster of the Tay [...]

Historical fiction written in historically accurate prose and much Scottish brogue would typically be a pass for me. Like many readers, I’ve been corrupted to gravitate toward a snappy, intimate [...]

Author Black's prose conveyed a detailed description of bridge building as well as a plethora of detail about running a brickworks in 1900's Ontario. The brickmaking process was fascinating. [...]

The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black. In 1883 and again in 1884, Port Perry suffered devastating fires that destroyed much of its downtown business district. Thanks to the ingenuity, 7 and [...]

Lucy E.M. Black is one of our favourite writers of historical fiction. Ever. Her upcoming (and fourth) book, The Brickworks, is due out with Now and Never Press in October 2023. Told in Black's [...]

On October 14th The Brickworks will be launched and 'm so excited to share my fourth book with everyone! The novel is historical fiction that combines brick-making, romance and Ontario history [...]

I also loved Black's descriptive prose - I could see clearly the setting whether it was a lavish dinner party or the kiln's design. The turn of the 20th century is my favorite historical fiction [...]