Reviews

Smart Shopping Montreal

Sandra Phillips, doyenne of Montreal's shopping scene, has now brought out the ninth version of her yellow-covered ...

By Margaret Goldik

Cheap Thrills Montreal

One of the great Montreal pleasures is the abundance of good restaurants, with cuisine from the four corners of ...

By Margaret Goldik

Volta

Volta begins with the warning of "widespread damage." It's never made clear what the damage is, but the ...

By Carmine Starnino

Calling Home

Richard Sanger's second collection of poems, Calling Home, like his first, is committed to traditional ...

By Bert Almon

How We Play At It: A List

Matt Robinson's poems are intellectually passionate in the tradition of John Donne. He draws metaphors from ...

By Bert Almon

The Way Life Should Be

Ken Norrris's book, the latest of twenty titles, does not have a heartening effect. Norris's earlier work was ...

By Bert Almon

One Building in the Earth

Maggie Helwig's new collection gives a good overview of a career which has developed without much commentary. The ...

By Bert Almon

Antimatter

It's astonishing and somewhat alarming what can pass for poetry under the auspices of spoken word. Just add a ...

By Adrienne Ho