Reviews

Book of Wings

Book of Wings

Tawhida Tanya Evanson is a seasoned poet, spoken word performer, and oral storyteller, and her craft is evident in this first work of prose fiction.

By H Felix Chau Bradley

rushes from the river disappointment

rushes from the river disappointment

rushes from the river disappointment by stephanie roberts is a sweeping force of music, pulsing images, clear wit, and tenderness.

By T. Liem

The Girl From Dream City

The Girl From Dream City

Linda Leith's The Girl From Dream City is an intimate and engaging story of her journey from a challenging girlhood in Northern Ireland to becoming a novelist, translator, and one of Canada’s leading literary curators.

By Ami Sands Brodoff

Fighting For a Hand to Hold

Fighting For a Hand to Hold

Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain's Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada jolts the reader from complacency page after page, detail after detail, pushing us beyond individual incidents to an understanding of a bigger picture.

By Taionrén:hote Dan David

Represented Immobilized

Represented Immobilized

With Represented Immobilized, a graphic memoir, Rick Trembles takes us through a series of autobiographical strips, each describing a different moment in the artist’s life.

By Roxane Hudon

Easily Fooled

Easily Fooled

The third instalment in H. Nigel Thomas’ planned quartet on the Caribbean Canadian immigrant experience shows the rare ability to telescope a whole culture into an intimately scaled frame, deploying a dispassionate eye, pin-sharp dialogue, and deft touches of humour.

By Ian McGillis

We, Jane

We, Jane

Aimee Wall's We, Jane is a novel about abortion and self-discovery that shows how complicated relationships between women can be.

By Yara El-Soueidi

Mirror Lake

Mirror Lake

Celebrated crime writer and two-time Governor General’s Literary Award winner Andrée A. Michaud's Mirror Lake is at once funny and sad, poetic and gritty, meaningful and absurd.

By Kimberly Bourgeois

Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch

Inspired by her experiences as a Big Sisters mentor to a girl in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette originally published her bleak and solemn first novel Neighbourhood Watch in 2010 under the title Je voudrais qu’on m’efface.

By JB Staniforth

Mont Babel

Mont Babel

Keith Henderson's Mont Babel is a mix of intellectual speculation, sci-fi themes, and family drama.

By Natalia Yanchak

Recognition and Revelation

Recognition and Revelation

This collection of Margaret Laurence's non-fiction is valuable for researchers as well as more casual readers.

By Danielle Barkley