Reviews

Bird Child

"Once there was a tiny girl with wobbly arms and legs, all skin and bones like a newly hatched bird," begins this ...

By Andrea Belcham

The Banana Story of Agony

Part graphic novel, part children's picture book, Lesley Johnson's The Banana Story of Agony is a ...

By Andrea Belcham

Far From Home

Far From Home by Frieda Wishinsky is the eleventh book in the Canadian Flyer Adventures series, ...

By Andrea Belcham

Junkyard Dog

In Monique Polak's Junkyard Dog, Justin's having a rough time: his mom walked out on him and his unemployed ...

By Andrea Belcham

Walking Backward

Twelve-year-old Josh has a great summer ahead of him, with marathon Civilization sessions, soccer games, ...

By Andrea Belcham

Penned

Anyone fond of animals will want to read Penned, a remarkably wide-ranging collection of poems about zoos. ...

By Bert Almon

Rutting Season

Rutting Season is essentially three chapbooks filled out with a conversation by the poets. The shop talk ...

By Bert Almon

Passenger Flight

Brian Campbell's inspiration is Charles Baudelaire: Passenger Flight begins with a quotation from the ...

By Bert Almon

Pure Product

Jason Guriel draws the title of his book from a celebrated poem by William Carlos Williams, who lamented the human ...

By Bert Almon

This Way Out

As his readers would expect, Carmine Starnino's new book is well crafted and imaginative. A few poems don't carry ...

By Bert Almon

Because I Have Loved and Hidden It

Because I Have Loved and Hidden It

St-Laurent Boulevard's Salon b is a second-story café which overlooks a funeral home. It is strangely fitting that ...

By Fiona O'Connor