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Stone Fruit

Stone Fruit

Local artist Lee Lai brings alive a queer family story with complex characters and exciting illustration techniques.

Review by ["Arizona O'Neill"]

By Arizona O'Neill

Montreal and the Bomb

Montreal and the Bomb

Gilles Sabourin’s Montreal and the Bomb recalls the time when Montreal was the stage of important nuclear research.

By Clarence Hatton-Proulx

Poems to See By

Poems to See By

Julian Peters looks at the art of poetry and gifts us with his thoughtful visual translations.

Review by ["Marcela Huerta"]

By Marcela Huerta

Murder on the Orford Mountain Railway

Murder on the Orford Mountain Railway

The time machine effect in Nick Fonda’s new historical crime novel Murder on the Orford Mountain Railway is truly an impressive one.

Review by ["Sharon Morrisey"]

By Sharon Morrisey

The Sleep of Apples

The Sleep of Apples

"The Sleep of Apples is a love song to my home city: Montreal,” writes Ami Sands Brodoff in her acknowledgements. And what a potent number she delivers in this emotionally charged collection of linked short fiction!

Review by ["Kimberly Bourgeois"]

By Kimberly Bourgeois

The Lover, the Lake

The Lover, the Lake

Cree-Métis artist, writer, and poet Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau first published The Lover, the Lake in French, under the title L’amant du lac (Éditions Mémoire d’encrier, 2009).

Review by ["Linda Morra"]

By Linda Morra

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep

Jocelyne Saucier’s newest novel is part mystery, part love letter to remote Canadian towns, and part meditation on writing and storytelling.

Review by ["Danielle Barkley"]

By Danielle Barkley

A Boring Wife Settles the Score

A Boring Wife Settles the Score

What happens after the dust has settled? How do you rebuild a life that’s been destroyed? These are the questions that author Marie-Renée Lavoie explores, with fierce humour and compassion, in the sequel to her best-selling novel, Autopsy of a Boring Wife.

Review by ["Megan Callahan"]

By Megan Callahan

Songs for Angel

Songs for Angel

Marie-Claire Blais’ sprawling tour de force is a vast narrative addressing the most pressing social issues of our time.

Review by ["Alexandra Trnka"]

By Alex Trnka

A Natural History of Transition

A Natural History of Transition

Callum Angus's A Natural History of Transition is a beautiful and mystifying collection of stories that arrives at a time when it’s much needed.

Review by ["Nour Abi-Nakhoul"]

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul