Reviews

★ Return of the Wolf: Conflict & Coexistence

Following her award-winning 2013 book about cougars, Paula Wild returns with an extraordinary look at another badly misunderstood animal. In Return of the Wolf: Conflict & Coexistence, the Courtenay, B.C., author delivers a riveting exploration ... Read More »

December 6, 2018 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Taximan: Stories and Anecdotes from the Back Seat

By Stanley Péan; David Homel (trans.)

Stanley Péan certainly knows his way around a cab. By his own admission, the Haiti-born, Quebec-raised author and Radio Canada broadcaster spends an inordinate amount of time (and money) getting chauffeured around in taxis. In ... Read More »

December 3, 2018 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2018

By Hoa Nguyen (ed.)

Editing a collection that comprises the best of anything must be partially an exercise in frustration. Selections somewhat depend on moods on particular days and, in the case of Canadian short fiction and poetry, there’s ... Read More »

November 29, 2018 | Filed under: Anthologies

Best Canadian Stories 2018

By Russell Smith (ed.)

November 29, 2018 | Filed under: Anthologies

A Face Like the Moon

By Mina Athanassious

Two new short-fiction collections by emerging male writers – Somewhere North of Normal by National Magazine Award–winning writer Adam Lindsay Honsinger and A Face Like the Moon by debut author Mina Athanassious – explore divergent ... Read More »

November 26, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Somewhere North of Normal

By Adam Lindsay Honsinger

November 26, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience

By Allan Levine

“A people’s memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better.” This epigraph, from Yiddish author Isaac Leib Peretz, speaks to the provenance of ... Read More »

November 26, 2018 | Filed under: History

Fox Haunts

By Penn Kemp

Penn Kemp’s Fox Haunts is a collection of poems about an enduring character in fables and folklore: the fox. Kemp is enchanted with her subject matter, and there are many playful moments. The poems are ... Read More »

November 22, 2018 | Filed under: Poetry