Reviews

Hekla & Laki

Hekla & Laki

A comforting and vividly engaging story that looks at life and death through the eyes of friendship, acceptance, and ultimately hope.

By Tina Wayland

Milo the Knight

Milo the Knight

What happens when a boy from a long line of brave knights gets his protective armour wet – and has to shed the only identity he’s ever known?

By Tina Wayland

It’s My Brain!

It’s My Brain!

It’s My Brain! takes a closer look at all the ways people’s brains are different, providing examples of the various ways we learn, feel, and see the world.

By Tina Wayland

When the Pine Needles Fall

When the Pine Needles Fall

Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel and co-author Sean Carleton revisit the Oka Crisis in their new collaboration.

By Emma Dollery

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