Reviews

★ Grotesque

Grotesque, the stunning debut novel from Ottawa Valley writer Elliott Dunstan, begins with a brief exploration into the nature of the relationship between monsters and human beings: “Sometimes it seems to me that without the ... Read More »

September 23, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Republic of Glass

By Catherine Leroux; Katia Grubisic (trans.)

Given the accelerating and overlapping crises that currently beset the world – the global ascent of the far right; galloping climate change; wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran that threaten to spiral out of control; ... Read More »

September 16, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Monsters: Unsettling Short Stories

By Russell Smith (ed.)

“There are few English words with as many meanings,” writes editor Russell Smith in his introduction to the anthology Monsters: Unsettling Short Stories. Smith quickly outlines the etymological origins of the word, beginning with the ... Read More »

September 16, 2026 | Filed under: Anthologies

Lantern

By Sanna Wani

Lantern is Sanna Wani’s anticipated follow-up to My Grief, the Sun, the winner of the 2023 Trillium Award for Poetry. The collection is defined by five elements – Craft, Love, Ethos, Faith, and Grief – ... Read More »

September 9, 2026 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

The Birthing Tree

By Amanda Peters

Invoking deep histories of hardship and inherited family legacies, Amanda Peters’s sophomore novel is at home in the postmodern literary tradition of the East Coast. Less gothic-adjacent than some regional stories, The Birthing Tree elicits ... Read More »

August 26, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Indigenous Peoples, Reviews

★ The Art of Looking Back: A Painter, an Obsession, and Reclaiming the Gaze

By Theresa Kishkan

Poet and essayist Theresa Kishkan was just 23 when she met painter Jack Wilkinson at an art opening on Vancouver Island. Wilkinson, who was the same age as her father, became enchanted by her. “Was ... Read More »

July 29, 2026 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Memoir & Biography, Reviews

See-Me Street: My Homeless Indigenous Journey

By DerRic Starlight

In DerRic Starlight’s memoir, the Gemini Award–winning puppeteer and comedian is our guide to a world few would choose to enter by choice: life on the streets of Calgary, Edmonton, and Lethbridge. See-Me Street: My ... Read More »

July 22, 2026 | Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Library of Brothel

By Anakana Schofield

In 1941, the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges published a story called “The Library of Babel” about an infinite and eternal library containing everything ever written, or that ever will be written, in every language ... Read More »

July 8, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

For Blood and Soil: Far-Right Extremism in Canada

By Amarnath Amarasingam and Stephanie Carvin

As Canadians warily observe the turbocharged right-wing extremism undergirding Donald Trump’s America, two new titles serve as disturbing reminders of our own “Maple Leaf” violence, a shameful reality deeply rooted in Canadian history and increasingly ... Read More »

June 30, 2026 | Filed under: History, Politics & Current Affairs, Race & Ethnic Relations, Reviews, Social Sciences

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