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Benevolence

By Cynthia Holz

Altruism, self-sacrifice, and the self-serving nature of magnanimity lie at the core of Toronto author Cynthia Holz’s fourth novel. The book examines the lives of 53-year-old Ben Wasserman, a psychiatrist who analyzes the mental states ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Reunion

By Pascal Girard

YouTube has the ability to bring fame to average Joes, but in Pascal Girard’s third graphic novel, that’s not necessarily a good thing. Bigfoot is the story of a teenaged boy named Jimmy, whose problems ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Graphica

Bigfoot

By Pascal Girard

YouTube has the ability to bring fame to average Joes, but in Pascal Girard’s third graphic novel, that’s not necessarily a good thing. Bigfoot is the story of a teenaged boy named Jimmy, whose problems ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Graphica

Methodist Hatchet

By Ken Babstock

Ken Babstock sprinkled a few of the poems collected in Methodist Hatchet in journals across Canada. These poems were alternately baffling and amazing, and many of them contained aphorisms that will be mined – rightly, ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Poetry

And Also Sharks

By Jessica Westhead

Even when things go well for the characters in Jessica Westhead’s new short story collection, they nevertheless feel certain something will go wrong soon. With her penchant for supremely neurotic protagonists and thematic complexity, and ... Read More »

April 11, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short