<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[title results for All Our Auld Acquaintances Are Gone]]></title><description><![CDATA[title results for All Our Auld Acquaintances Are Gone]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/westvanlibrary/rss/search?query=All%20Our%20Auld%20Acquaintances%20Are%20Gone&amp;searchType=title&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:47:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Best Canadian Stories 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[A collection that takes us into a firey near-future and a notorious feminist's personal past, from a near-drowning to a fake breakdown, through mothers who fail us to crummy jobs, to thieves, to grief, to revenge with a bottle of tabasco sauce. With work by established practitioners alongside that of lesser-known writers, this year's Best Canadian Stories shows how the short form can evoke the experience of a person on the brink. Including 2023 Metcalf-Rooke Award winner Caroline Adderson, and featuring, in tribute, two stories by the late Steven Heighton, this year's collection draws together beloved Canadian practitioners of the form and thrilling new voices to continue not only a series, but a legacy in Canadian letters.]]></description><link>https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S74C2240910</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S74C2240910</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2240910074</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781771965019/MC.GIF&amp;client=westp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Way to Be Happy]]></title><description><![CDATA["Short stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness. On New Year's Eve, a pair of addicts robs a string of high-end parties in order to fund their own recovery. A middle-aged husband, bewildered by his failing marriage, redirects his anxiety toward a routine colonoscopy. A recently separated woman relocates to a small northern town, where she receives a life-changing visitation. A Russian hitman suffering from a mysterious lung ailment retrieves long-buried memories of his past. In stories about disparate characters grappling with conflicts ranging from mundane to extraordinary, Caroline Adderson's A Way to Be Happy considers what it means to find happiness--and how we so often seem to understand it through our encounters with the lives, and the stories, of others."--]]></description><link>https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S74C2308508</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S74C2308508</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adderson, Caroline]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://westvanlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2308508074</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Stories</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781771966221/MC.GIF&amp;client=westp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>