Elinor Florence
September 08th, 2026
Invermere journo and former small-town editor/publisher Elinor Florence returns to the literary spotlight with a reissue of her nationally bestselling 2014 debut, Bird’s Eye View (S&S $26.99). Her other novels include Wildwood (Dundurn, 2018; reissued by S&S, 2026), named one of Kobo’s 100 most popular Canadian books, and Finding Flora (S&S, 2025), a number-one Canadian-fiction bestseller and Heather’s Pick. In Bird’s Eye View, a Saskatchewan farm woman joins the air force during the Second World War and becomes an aerial photographic interpreter. Her ability to read natural and built landscapes identifies enemy bomb targets—but ultimately undermines her patriotic certainty. Florence drew inspiration from her mother’s wartime stories and her own childhood on a former air-force base. 9781668227589
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