Reviews

An Unruly Little Animal

An Unruly Little Animal

Scott Randall's debut highlights the absurdities of the human condition through a day in fifth grader Darby Tamm's life.

By Nadia Trudel

Roaming

Roaming

Jillian and Mariko Tamaki's latest captures the loving but volatile interactions of three young people discovering NYC.

By Ian McGillis

Back in the Land of the Living

Back in the Land of the Living

Eva Crocker's latest novel explores moving to Montreal from a small city as a queer person in search of more.

By Alex Trnka

Theophylline

Theophylline

Erín Moure’s collection combines academic research and cultural criticism, intertwined with original poems.

By Zoe Shaw

Paths of Pollen

Paths of Pollen

Stephen Humphrey's book attempts to untangle the messy, ancient, multispecies relationships at the heart of plant life.

By Sara Spike

I’m Hungry!

I’m Hungry!

In Elise Gravel’s new book, a little monster tries in vain to fill their belly void with all manner of inedible items.

By Meaghan Thurston

The Lost Drop

The Lost Drop

Grégoire Laforce's book follows protagonist Flo as she navigates the perpetual water cycle, asking: “Who am I, and where should I go?” 

By Meaghan Thurston

Blacklion

Blacklion

Luke Francis Beirne's novel is a romance and espionage thriller set against the layered geopolitical context of Ireland in the 1970s.

By Sharon Morrisey

Little Fury

Little Fury

Casey Bell's book takes heavy themes and wraps them up in fantastical settings, neatly tangling them together through delicate, beautiful prose.

By Roxane Hudon

The Family Code

The Family Code

Wayne Ng's novel teaches us that family certainly provides us with the fuel for our own growth, although this sometimes means being far from their reach.

By Phoebe Yì Lǐng

Essential Work, Disposable Workers

Essential Work, Disposable Workers

Mostafa Henaway’s book unspools around a brutal paradox: how can a person be at once essential and disposable? 

By Emily Raine

Nights Too Short to Dance

Nights Too Short to Dance

Marie-Claire Blais' novel embodies the joy and slipperiness of existence – it reminds us that life is a continuous yet rhythmic flow.

By Emma Dollery