Reviews

Feel Ways: A Scarborough Anthology

By Adrian De Leon; Natasha Ramoutar; Téa Mutonji; eds.

In the anthology Changing the Face of Canadian Literature (Guernica Editions), editor Dane Swan discusses the diversity and breadth of Canadian literature, writing in the preface: “Congratulations Canada, you finally have a literature that looks ... Read More »

July 14, 2021 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews

Us, Now: Stories from the Quilted Collective

By Ayse Sule Akinturk et al.

July 14, 2021 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews

Running Downhill Like Water

By Jane Woods

There’s a line in Marguerite Duras’s The Lover: “It’s not that you have to achieve anything, it’s that you have to get away from where you are.” In Jane Woods’s second work of fiction, Running ... Read More »

July 12, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Unlocking

By Amy LeBlanc

Though about 3,000 kilometres and a century apart on the map of Canadian literary places, Amy LeBlanc’s Snowton, Alberta, recalls Stephen Leacock’s Mariposa, Ontario – both little towns sketched with a fondness that’s not shy ... Read More »

July 7, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Hunter and the Old Woman

By Pamela Korgemagi

Where is the line between human and animal, and what happens when that line is blurred – or crossed? In Pamela Korgemagi’s verdant and eerie debut novel, that question is put to the readers over ... Read More »

July 5, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

By Dean Jobb

Thomas Neill Cream’s early life was uneventful – born in Scotland in 1850 and raised in Quebec City – and he progressed through medical school at McGill and in Great Britain; he then worked in ... Read More »

June 30, 2021 | Filed under: History, Reviews

★ What Strange Paradise

By Omar El Akkad

What Strange Paradise, the powerful new novel from Omar El Akkad, begins with a stark and disturbingly familiar image: “The child lies on the shore. All around him the beach is littered with the wreckage ... Read More »

June 28, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Queer Evangelist: A Socialist Clergy’s Radically Honest Tale

By Cheri DiNovo

Marginalized people in her orbit might picture Cheri DiNovo as a pollinating bee, buzzing from one bloom to the next, never in a straight line. The more comfortable and powerful people who are challenged by ... Read More »

June 23, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Seconds Out: Women and Fighting

By Alison Dean

Shortly after finishing her PhD, finding herself “burnt out and restless,” Alison Dean convinced a friend to go to a kickboxing class with her at a neighbourhood gym. Both were new to the practice – ... Read More »

June 21, 2021 | Filed under: Reviews, Sports, Health & Self-help

Man at the Airport: How Social Media Saved My Life – One Syrian’s Story

By Hassan Al Kontar

Man at the Airport is a testament to the power of one man’s quest for asylum, and how social media has the ability to harness that power – but this book is much more than ... Read More »

June 16, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

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