Named by the Edmonton Journal’s Books Editor as among “the most fearless and original Canadian work of the new year,” Cynthia Holz’s new novel, Benevolence, is published in hardcover and electronic editions by Knopf Random Canada. NOW Magazine calls her book a “beautiful combination of tension and tenderness.”

Click here to read an Author Interview with Cynthia.

Click here to hear Cynthia talking about Benevolence on YouTube.

On Sunday, September 18, 2011, she will read at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in Eden Mills, Ontario.

She will also be appearing at Kingston WritersFest in Kingston, Ontario, on Sunday, September 25, 2011, between 3 and 5pm.

On October 14, 2011, Cynthia will take part in a Lorenzo Society Reading Series event at the University of New Brunswick in St. John, NB.