Spring 2008

Days of Sand

Days of Sand might be called a memoir. It does touch on major events from author Hélène Dorion's childhood, ...

By Anne Chudobiak

The Postman’s Round

In The Postman's Round, a young mailman named Bilodo develops a fascination with Japanese-style poetry, an ...

By Anne Chudobiak

Dance of the Suitors

Villaverde's collection begins well, with an eponymous short story that immediately draws the reader in through ...

By Adriana Palanca

The Violets of Usambara

Seemingly unrelated events are the backdrop to Mary Soderstrom's The Violets of Usambara: grocery shopping, ...

By Danielle LaFrance

Nikolski

Nicolas Dickner's fine debut novel is the improbable tale of three young people who find themselves in Montreal at ...

By Saleema Nawaz

Seven Openings of the Head

Stopping over on a break from a recent drive through the Eastern Townships, I was curiously unable to find a ...

By Robert Kotyk

Return to Arcadia

H. Nigel Thomas's new novel opens with a middle-aged man regaining consciousness in Montreal's Douglas Psychiatric ...

By Andrea Belcham

Blood Pudding

Art Corriveau's follow-up to his debut novel, Housewrights, is a collection that brings together a cast of ...

By Dan Gillean

Travels in Wonderland

Ulla Ryghe's memoir chronicles 30 years spent behind the scenes of the film industry, recalling her transition ...

By Linda Besner

Fred Taylor: Brother in the Shadows

This biography of Fred Taylor-the lesser known younger brother of the famous Canadian entrepreneur, E.P. Taylor ...

By Mark Heffernan