Reviews

The Caretaker

In the summer of 2024, Vancouver-based writer Marcus Kliewer received a lot of coverage for his debut novel. Initially published in a different, abbreviated form on the r/nosleep subreddit, where it was an audience favourite, ... Read More »

March 18, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Closing Act

By Chris W. Kim

In Jon Claytor’s graphic novel Nowhere, a young boy finds himself stranded in Beauséjour, a small town that seems cursed with every manner of paranormal activity: zombies roam the streets at night, demonic landlords seek ... Read More »

March 11, 2026 | Filed under: Graphica, Reviews

Nowhere

By Jon Claytor

March 11, 2026 | Filed under: Graphica, Reviews

Unshaming: A Memoir of Recovery, Relapse, and What Comes After

By Jowita Bydlowska

In 2013, Jowita Bydlowska released her groundbreaking memoir Drunk Mom, an unflinching account of how new motherhood sparked her full-blown return to alcoholism. The book was a vital addition to literature on the topic of ... Read More »

February 24, 2026 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Smash and Grab

By Mark Anthony Jarman

The first line of “The Bailiffs Arrive with Their Grey Eyes,” the last story in Mark Anthony Jarman’s latest collection, compares the incidents about to unfold to “some forgotten folk tale.” It’s a particularly appropriate ... Read More »

January 28, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

★ Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies

By Lindsay Wong

Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies, the debut adult novel from Winnipeg writer Lindsay Wong (author of the acclaimed memoir and Canada Reads finalist The Woo-Woo), opens with a moment that is at once casual ... Read More »

January 21, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Unravelling of Ou

By Hollay Ghadery

Hollay Ghadery’s debut novel opens with a frazzled, middle-aged Minoo running down a hospital hallway with a handmade sock puppet slipped over her hand. Her daughter Roya has just given birth to a baby girl, ... Read More »

January 14, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Garbage Poems

By Anna Swanson and April White (illus.)

Poetry is not often celebrated for its literal use of language, but there is a charming literality to the title of Anna Swanson’s second volume of poetry. The Garbage Poems is a collection built by ... Read More »

November 26, 2025 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ The Tortoise’s Tale

By Kendra Coulter

In a perpetually online, frenzied, and FOMO-driven world that celebrates hustle culture, demands efficiency, and, in ways, eschews true connection, “slowing down” is often held up as a self-care goal, but one that is rarely ... Read More »

November 19, 2025 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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