The Innocents

The Book of Genesis meets “Hansel and Gretel” by way of Flowers in the Attic: that would not be an inappropriate way to situate Michael Crummey’s new novel, a return to historical fiction following 2014’s ... Read More »

August 22, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Promise and Peril: Justin Trudeau in Power

By Aaron Wherry

In the future, semioticians and media literacy professors will no doubt expend much time and energy deconstructing the way photo editors choose to present images of Justin Trudeau. In the honeymoon period following his accession ... Read More »

August 22, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience

By Helen Knott

In her haunting, lyrical debut memoir, acclaimed Indigenous activist and writer Helen Knott – recipient of a 2019 RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Author honour – sheds light on her addiction and mental health struggles, providing ... Read More »

August 19, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine

By Joanna Jolly

In Red River Girl, reporter and former BBC producer Joanna Jolly engages with the true-crime genre to tell the story of one Indigenous girl murdered during an ongoing genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Early ... Read More »

August 19, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Translated from the Gibberish: Seven Stories and One Half Truth

By Anosh Irani

Part short fiction and, seemingly, part autofiction, Anosh Irani’s latest book takes readers into and around the experiences of living between countries – Canada and India – between identities, and between stories. In these works, ... Read More »

August 15, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

★ Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Reconciliation

By Annahid Dashtgard

The child of a British mother and Persian father, Annahid Dashtgard “was always trying to fix [her] world.” Dashtgard’s family was exiled from Iran in 1980, the year following the Islamic Revolution that ushered in ... Read More »

August 15, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Midlife Action Figure

By Chris Banks

Robert Frost’s formula for poetry was, “No tears for the writer, no tears for the reader.” It’s clear that, in his fifth book, Chris Banks is behind his pen crying, laughing, contemplating, and whittling wisdom ... Read More »

August 12, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry

No Matter

By Jana Prikryl

August 12, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

The Complete Stay as you are.

By Brad Yung

Let’s talk about the 1990s; it was a time when we made zines. Today, though paper craft is alive and well (unique art items, high design), its very existence stands in contrast to all things ... Read More »

August 12, 2019 | Filed under: Graphica, Reviews

Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

By Anna Mehler Paperny

Anna Mehler Paperny is the kind of person who knows exactly what Anne Sexton meant when, in her poem “Wanting to Die,” she described the “almost unnameable lust” of suicide. Paperny’s memoir begins with her ... Read More »

August 8, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

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