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Dad Era

By Jordan Abel

Jordan Abel’s sixth book, Dad Era, reads like a long autobiographical poem addressed to his daughter, Phoenix, that seams together generations of family through written and visual narratives. Told in the style of brief musings ... Read More »

April 29, 2026 | Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Poetry, Reviews

Qaf’s People

By Sadiqa  de Meijer

Qaf’s People marks Sadiqa de Meijer’s return to poetry after the 2020 Governor General’s Award–winning memoir alfabet / alphabet. In Qaf’s People, the poet laureate of Kingston, Ontario, resurfaces questions about diaspora, belonging, identity, language, ... Read More »

April 22, 2026 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

Weird Babies

By Jaclyn Desforges

Pleasure and danger commingle within the pages of Weird Babies, the striking and provocative fiction debut by RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award–winning poet and children’s author Jaclyn Desforges. So do realism and the absurd. Over ... Read More »

April 8, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ The Wren

By A.F. Moritz

A.F. Moritz’s The Wren is a book of Zen koans written by an urban monk posing as a poet. Suggestive of a reflective period after facing health concerns, the poems bypass ordinary logic to flirt ... Read More »

April 1, 2026 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Interposition

By Kaie Kellough

An apparently throwaway line at the end of Kaie Kellough’s acknowledgements provides a key to unlocking his latest book of poetry: “These acknowledgements were written while watching snow fall in Kingston, Ontario, listening to Lester ... Read More »

March 25, 2026 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews