"Tremendous and haunting, Kayt Burgess's Connection at Newcombe evokes the hard-driving, uncompromising spirit of Northern Ontario. Brimming with wisdom and insight, Burgess's writing speaks to a simpler time, and her flawed and troubled characters to the human condition and all it brings, the good and the bad, that touches us deeply one and all."
-Matt Mayr, author, Things Worth Burying

Connection at Newcombe speaks to the indomitable spirit of family, friendship, and community. Kayt Burgess's eclectic cast of characters will have you reveling in their vivid details, and basking in the glow of a story well-told.
-Amy Spurway, author, Crow

Burgess’s prose is as purposeful and unadorned as passenger trains transporting us to post war Newcombe. The history of the politics of a Northern Ontario village, prohibition, family relationships and the lush backdrop of Newcombe itself are as fresh as the post war smell of trench mud and cigarette smoke in the characters’ memories.
A story about progress, love and what it means to be ‘at home’ in the world, Kayt Burgess creates a poignant and heartwarming world for us that can tell us as much about today as it does in 1920.
-Evie Christie, author, The Bourgeois Empire and Mere Extinction

Kayt Burgess brings alive tiny Newcombe in the months after World War. Returning soldier, Callum Ballantyne, launches a preposterous campaign to increase the village population in a matter of weeks to qualify as a stop on the rail-line. When the disparate local – and not so local – population pulls together, we’re reminded that part of us never leaves home, no matter how far we’ve gone. Burgess weaves a bit of magic and lot of humour into Connection at Newcombe, a novel that is both whimsical and so grounded in place you can smell the wood smoke, taste the ale, and feel the dirt on your skin.
- Laisha Rosnau, best-selling author of Little Fortress

There’s definitely a lot happening in this novel, with a lot of characters and viewpoints, a lot of old grudges and young love, race, class, and the lingering shadow of World War I, but it never feels rushed or overburdened. An enjoyable read about a plucky little town.
- The Miramichi Reader