Ainslie Hogarth

About

Ainslie Hogarth is a Canadian novelist known for her unsettling stories that blend horror, dark humour, and explorations of human vulnerability. She is the author of Motherthing, a darkly comic novel about grief, family trauma, and a haunting that earned critical attention for its fearless approach to difficult subjects. Her other works include Normal Women, which examines the pressures of motherhood and the undervaluing of women’s labour, and the young adult novels The Lonely and The Boy Meets Girl Massacre (Annotated). Hogarth’s fiction often explores the disturbing ways that love, social expectations, and psychological distress can shape people’s lives. She lives in Canada with her husband, children, and dog.

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Strange Harm

When teenager Janie Yearling vanishes from the small town of Gold River, her grieving parents become the centre of a media frenzy. Her mother, Annette, turns her pain into a carefully maintained public image, while her father, Calvin, becomes a figure of suspicion. Fifteen years later, a podcaster with a troubled past offers to reopen the case, stirring up old rumours about a mysterious spirit said to haunt the nearby woods. As the investigation unfolds, the boundaries between truth, superstition, and spectacle begin to blur. A chilling, darkly comic novel about grief, obsession, and the stories we tell to make sense of tragedy.

2027 Canada