Reviews

Poetry

John McAuley, one of the Vehicule Poets who were so influential in Montreal circa 1975–80, published four books from 1977–79. His new collection, All I Can Say for Sure, is so good that the long silence must be regretted.

By Bert Almon

The River Burns

The River Burns

his is the first "Trevor Ferguson" novel that Trevor 

By Crystal Chan

Serafim and Claire

Serafim and Claire

ark Lavorato’s delicious new novel, Serafim and Claire, opens with two characters on the brink of ...

By Sarah Lolley

The Fledglings

The Fledglings

avid Homel’s new novel, The Fledglings, spans three generations of a family’s history. ...

By Melissa Bull

Waiting for the Man

Waiting for the Man

“This is how people end up becoming managers at Arby’s. This is how people end up becoming ...

By Katia Grubisic

A Traveler’s Tale

A Traveler’s Tale

n a seaside resort in southwestern Turkey, a man awakens one day seemingly bereft of his former identity. ...

By Jacob Siefring

Us Conductors

Us Conductors

s Conductors is the debut novel by Sean Michaels, a Montreal-based author who founded the ...

By Martyn Bryant

The Bells of Memory

The Bells of Memory

ssa J. Boullata was nine years old when  he saw a Palestinian rebel open fire on guards at the Government ...

By Lesley Trites

One Day in August

One Day in August

he 1942 Allied raid on Dieppe was one of Canada’s worst military disasters: after less than a day’s ...

By Jean Coléno

Paul-Émile Borduas

Paul-Émile Borduas

alter Benjamin argues that a translation is the transposition of a text from one language to another as ...

By Felicity Tayler

Young Readers

It’s hard to know why Quebec is so blessed in this way. Maybe we can attribute it to the two ...

By B. A. Markus