Caroline Dawson digs up and grieves such disowned fragments of self in her gripping autobiographical novel.
By Kimberly Bourgeois
Reviews
Chris Bergeron's novel mines elements of her own past and present to project trans lives into an unstable future.
By H Felix Chau Bradley
Norman Nawrocki's “fictional chronicle” of the seven-month 2012 Quebec student strike is a love letter to a particular political moment.
By JB Staniforth
Éloïse Marseille's graphic novel is for girls afraid they’re wildly abnormal.
By Sruti Islam
Lawrence Lindell's graphic novel is a journey through friendship, identity, and the power of zine culture.
By Esinam Beckley
Jean E. Pendziwol's book is a perfect one for fall, as readers young and old settle into the quiet mood of winter and look forward to the thrill of skating.
By Meaghan Thurston
Ivanna Baranova’s second poetry book is a collection of longings – longings for a lover, for a deeper connection to nature, and more.
By Zoe Shaw
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Eimear Laffan’s book is a long poem in sections that chronicles the creation of a text not yet completed.
By Zoe Shaw
John Emil Vincent's book is a story in verse of the stuttering feeling of finding one’s purpose and overcoming cultural pressures on aging women.
By Zoe Shaw
Salena Wiener’s chapbook is intimate and personal, focused on the relationship between the speakers and their bodies in relation to other people.
By Zoe Shaw
Bïa, Erik West-Millette, and Olaf Gundel's book – by and for music lovers – sees a brood of young possums beg their grandparents to tell them a story.
By Meaghan Thurston
Stéphanie Boyer's latest sees Momo the clown’s hair playing a game of intermediate Peekaboo with a cast of canines.
By Meaghan Thurston