Reviews

Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim

Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim

Jacob Wren’s novel grapples with questions of violence, complicity, authority, collectivity, resistance, and doubt.

By H Felix Chau Bradley

The Reeds

The Reeds

Arjun Basu's novel is is a love song to Montreal in all of its gritty complexity and contradictions.

By Ami Sands Brodoff

Montreal Standard Time

Montreal Standard Time

This collection showcases the best of Mavis Gallant as a Canadian journalist.

By Roxane Hudon

May Our Joy Endure

May Our Joy Endure

Lambert's gaze is oceanic, homing in on individuals and zooming out to the systems within which they operate.

By Marisa Grizenko

Illustration by Emily Sweny

Illustration by Emily Sweny

Emily Sweny is a painter based in Montreal. She is inspired by vibrant colours, natural patterns, ...

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Monday Rent Boy

Monday Rent Boy

Susan Doherty's latest novel is an honourable attempt to give voice to an issue which is all too often silenced.

By Aaron Obedkoff

The War You Don’t Hate

The War You Don’t Hate

Blaise Ndala’s blistering second novel is a searing satire of war and celebrity and their improbable connection.

By Ami Sands Brodoff

Firebugs

Firebugs

Nino Bulling's Firebugs is a story about standing on the precipice of transformation, even as the ground erodes beneath.

By Alexandra Sweny

Kilworthy Tanner

Kilworthy Tanner

The emotive core of Ah-Sen's novel rests in the evolving relationship between a burgeoning writer and their practice.

By Ronny Litvack-Katzman

Supplication

Supplication

The strength of Abi-Nakhoul's book lies in its emulation of pain as a mood or feeling.

By Emma Dollery

The Wendy Award

The Wendy Award

Walter Scott's fourth instalment in a series that has shone an unsparing light on the contemporary art world.

By Ian McGillis