Illustration by Gabrielle Drolet
Gabrielle Drolet is a writer and cartoonist in Montreal.
Oonya Kempadoo's novel is a love letter to the Caribbean and its light-flecked waters.
By Val Rwigema
Caroline Vu’s most ambitious book yet takes a bold approach to her themes of race and cultural identity.
By Olivia Shan
Illustration by Gabrielle Drolet
Gabrielle Drolet is a writer and cartoonist in Montreal.
Three new plays –Trench Patterns, Shorelines, and Blackout – remind us that the past is prelude to present quandaries.
By Jim Burke
Padma Viswanathan's unclassifiable memoir of friendship and writing is both intimate and universal.
By Malcolm Fraser
Klara du Plessis and Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi's poetic collaboration is playful and deeply felt.
By Emily Mernin
The Spring 2024 Issue of the Montreal Review of Books is out and in the world! Click here to read the issue as a PDF online.
Jade Armstrong pivots between trauma jokes, confession, and explaining how disordered eating plays out emotionally.
By Emily Raine
Sivan Slapak’s prose touches on truths about aging, family, friendship, and what makes a life.
By Tina Wayland
In Julie Delporte's latest, a colourful and bold ambiguousness holds the strength of the book.
By Sarah Mangle
Jay Ritchie’s second collection admixes an anxious, capitalist surrealism with the fleeting liminality of memory.
By Ronny Litvack-Katzman
Louisa Blair's book is a whimsical and entertaining collection of vignettes about Canada's first naturalists.
By Alexander Hackett
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News and Announcements
The Spring 2024 Issue of the Montreal Review of Books is out and in the world! Click here to read the issue as a PDF online.
The Montreal Review of Books launches its Spring 2024 issue on Thursday, March 14th, at Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke Street West) in partnership with the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival!
As this year draws to a close, we thought we take a moment to reflect back on our reviews this past year and see what resonated most with you all.