Reviews

Portrait of a Body

Portrait of a Body

In Julie Delporte's latest, a colourful and bold ambiguousness holds the strength of the book.

By Sarah Mangle

Listening in Many Publics

Listening in Many Publics

Jay Ritchie’s second collection admixes an anxious, capitalist surrealism with the fleeting liminality of memory.

By Ronny Litvack-Katzman

The Calf with Two Heads

The Calf with Two Heads

Louisa Blair's book is a whimsical and entertaining collection of vignettes about Canada's first naturalists.

By Alexander Hackett

Between Gentlemen & Botanica Drama

Between Gentlemen & Botanica Drama

While Bottenberg's deceptively simple collection of stories changes shape after each new read, Thom’s evokes a complete and casual mythos.

By Connor Harrison

The Cat Looked Back

The Cat Looked Back

What happened to Mme Ménard, and where is her cat? Who started the fire that engulfed the townhouses, and whose body was found in the ashes?

By Sharon Morrisey

Sadie X

Sadie X

Clara Dupuis-Morency's novel is a complex weaving of narrative and thematic layers.

By Alexander Taurozzi

Love and Rain

Love and Rain

Carmela Circelli’s debut novel is a psychological, philosophical, and often poetic page-turner thrumming with musical mentions.

By Kimberly Bourgeois

Whiny Baby

Whiny Baby

Colloquial in tone and by turns rambling and self-deprecating, Julie Paul's book catalogues daily trials we’d rather not confront.

By Ronny Litvack-Katzman

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Chantal Neveu’s poem floats seamlessly between sensuality and desire, confusion and anger, and their attendant dislocations.

By Ronny Litvack-Katzman

Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers

Rhea Tregebov's collection of short, narrative poems catalogues a life led in search of love and found in unlikely places. 

By Ronny Litvack-Katzman

Life Cycle of a Mayfly

Life Cycle of a Mayfly

Maya Clubine’s extended metaphor for life after childhood recalls the sordid task of returning to those images that make a memory.

By Ronny Litvack-Katzman