Reviews

★ Autonomy

Abortion is illegal, a plague is spreading, and the Arctic needs defending from Russia. No, Victoria Hetherington’s new novel, Autonomy, doesn’t take place next Thursday. The year is 2035, the place Ontario, and – aside ... Read More »

April 12, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

You Still Look the Same

By Farzana Doctor

You Still Look the Same is the first book of poetry by novelist Farzana Doctor, whose fiction explores queerness and sexuality in the small and insular Dawoodi Bohra sect of Islam. Doctor’s 2020 novel, Seven, ... Read More »

April 12, 2022 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Hail, The Invisible Watchman

By Alexandra Oliver

Two new books from seasoned poets Nancy Jo Cullen and Alexandra Oliver share thematic and stylistic territory, turning their attention to family and community dynamics, sexism, and the domestic sphere in poems that make frequent ... Read More »

April 5, 2022 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Nothing Will Save Your Life

By Nancy Jo Cullen

April 5, 2022 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

The Running-Shaped Hole

By Robert Earl Stewart

For Robert Earl Stewart, polishing off four cheeseburgers on the way home from work would be only the beginning of a typical evening of gastronomical excess. A former alcoholic, Stewart found solace in 12-step fellowship, ... Read More »

March 30, 2022 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

A History of Canadian Fiction

By David Staines

Pretty much everything you need to know about the new single-volume history of Canadian fiction in English, by noted academic and editor David Staines, can be gleaned from the book’s cover. The image – an ... Read More »

March 28, 2022 | Filed under: History, Reviews

Hotline

By Dimitri Nasrallah

Dimitri Nasrallah's Hotline connects the reader to Muna Heddad, a widow and recent immigrant from Lebanon, as she navigates Montreal’s cold and lonely streets – which are cold as much from the unwelcoming disposition of ... Read More »

March 23, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Have You Eaten Yet?: Stories from Chinese Restaurants around the World

By Cheuk Kwan

Among Chinese people, the phrase “Have you eaten yet?” is shorthand for “How are you?” This colloquial greeting, writes filmmaker Cheuk Kwan, “shows that you care. Because of war, famine and poverty, people in old ... Read More »

March 21, 2022 | Filed under: Food & Drink, Reviews

The Music Game

By Stéfanie Clermont; J.C. Sutcliffe; trans.

In the prologue to Stéfanie Clermont’s debut novel – a multiple award winner in Quebec – she paints a portrait of an urban oasis. It is a spot in the Montreal neighbourhood of Hochelaga where ... Read More »

March 16, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Daughters of the Deer

By Danielle Daniel

In her debut novel for adults, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award–winning children’s author Danielle Daniel mines her family history to tell an affecting and difficult story of colonialism, love, loss, and resilience based on two ... Read More »

March 14, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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