On the heels of her English-language nonfiction debut for young people – The League of Super Feminists, released last year – comes Mirion Malle’s resonant graphic fiction debut, also published by Montreal’s Drawn & Quarterly. ... Read More »
Yejide Kilanko’s intimate cross-section of a marriage in A Good Name not only investigates cultural expectations and familial duties but also homes in on the realities of immigrant life in America. After 12 gruelling years ... Read More »
December 13, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
The winner of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Permanent Astonishment is playwright and novelist Tomson Highway’s brilliant, funny, beautiful account of his childhood in both Canada’s remote North and at the Guy ... Read More »
December 7, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews
Spílǝxm takes the painful threads of one Indigenous woman’s story and weaves them into a vibrant sash. Part poetry and part prose, this challenging and experimental work intimately describes the journey of Nicola I. Campbell ... Read More »
December 1, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews
Sharon Butala bookends her new essay collection with ruminations on the plight of the elderly in contemporary society. Railing against ageism in the opening essay, Butala laments that in the industrialized West of the 21st ... Read More »
November 29, 2021 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Reviews
While immigration is fuelled by practical concerns, return migration is usually driven by a deep, impalpable desire for the homeland. Kamal Al-Solaylee – bestselling author, journalist, and new director of the UBC School of Journalism, ... Read More »
November 23, 2021 | Filed under: Reviews, Social Sciences
In the final chapter of On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance, journalist Carlyn Zwarenstein quotes Antonin Artaud: “We know the soul’s dosages, its sensibilities, its marrows, its thoughts. Leave us in peace. ... Read More »
November 15, 2021 | Filed under: Reviews, Social Sciences
Satellite views, surveillance technology, a “pixelating smudge,” the “vacuum of industrial deserts”: in the engrossing (and dialogue-free) opening chapter of his debut novel, Vancouver-based Andy Zuliani builds a memorably foreboding atmosphere using science-fiction tropes. City-dwelling ... Read More »
November 9, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Adam Shoalts’s latest book, ominously entitled The Whisper on the Night Wind, begins matter-of-factly with the author uncovering tales about a monster that once stalked the Melville Lake region of Labrador – in particular, the ... Read More »
Writer, journalist, and filmmaker Omar Mouallem’s Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas is a fascinating exploration of the many manifestations of Islam across cultures, traditions, communities, and political lines. Mouallem’s journey takes ... Read More »
November 1, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews
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