Upcoming Reviews
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Devotions
by Antje M. Rauwerda
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Poetry as Liturgy: An Anthology by Canadian Poets by Margo Swiss (Test)
- Torch River by Elizabeth Philips (Brick Books)
- Invoking the Moon: Selected Poems (1975-1989) by Mona Fertig (Black Moss Press)
The Art of Work
by Crystal Hurdle
Book(s) Reviewed:
- A Well-Mannered Storm by Kate Braid (Caitlin Press)
- Kahlo by Linda Frank (Buschek Books)
- Paper Trail by Arleen Paré (NeWest Press)
- The Office Tower Tales by Alice Major (University of Alberta Press)
In the Family
by Alex Ramon
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Renovating Heaven by Andreas Schroeder (Oolichan Books)
- Apologize, Apologize! by Elizabeth Kelly (Knopf Canada)
- Long After Fathers by Roberta Rees (Coteau Books)
Farley Mowat's Periplum
by Bert Almon
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Bay of Spirits by Farley Mowat (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.)
- Otherwise by Farley Mowat (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.)
The Full Circle
by Madelaine Jacobs
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Restoring the Balance by Eric Guimond, Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, and Madeleine Dion Stout (University of Manitoba Press)
Seeing Through Our Eyes
by Graham Forst
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Words with Power by Northrop Frye (University of Toronto Press)
- The Blind Bookkeeper (or Why Homer Must be Blind) / Le comptable aveugle (l'incontournable cécité d'Homère) by Alberto Manguel (Goose Lane Editions)
- The Critical Path and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1963-1975 by Eva Kushner and Jean O'Grady (University of Toronto Press)
Women Who Roughed It
by Janice Fiamengo
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Marie-Anne by Maggie Siggins (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.)
- A Gentlewoman in Upper Canada by Barbara Williams (University of Toronto Press)
(JOURNALS)
Grasping Ondaatje
by Sofie De Smyter
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Michael Ondaatje by Joan Elizabeth von Memerty (VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co KG)
- Michael Ondaatje by Lee Spinks (Manchester University Press)
Probing Montgomery's Magic
by Christa Zeller Thomas
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Magic Island by Waterston Elizabeth (Oxford University Press)
War's Children
by Reece Steinberg
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Off to War by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood)
- Tell No One Who You Are by Walter Buchignani (Tundra Books)
One Good Step
by Alison Calder
Book(s) Reviewed:
- One Step Over the Line by Elizabeth Jameson and Sheila McManus (University of Alberta Press)
A Poetics of Listening
by Paul Watkins
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Selected Poems by Robert Bringhurst (Gaspereau Press)
Poésie en trombes, mode majeur
by Élise Lepage
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Trombes by Pierre Ouellet (Éditions du Noroît)
- Les Verbes Majeurs by Pierre Nepveu (Éditions du Noroît)
Le dur désir de durer
by Pierre-Paul Ferland
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Roman 41 by Monique Le Maner (Éditions Triptyque)
- C'était écrit by Eileen Lohka (Interligne)
Poésie, nature, lumière et tranquillité
by Jean-Sébastien Ménard
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Mémoire d'ombres by Jéremie Leduc-Leblanc (Éditions Triptyque)
- La lune en mille gouttes by Bertrand Nayet (Éditions David)
- Cette lumière qui flotte by Hélène Leclerc (Éditions David)
Pleasure: Plot or Plow?
by Jodi Lundgren
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Bambina by Francesca Piredda (Porcupine's Quill)
- Gravity by Leanne Lieberman (Orca Book Publishers)
Living with the Land
by Saleema Nawaz
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Revenant by Tristan Hughes (Douglas & McIntyre)
- The Order of Good Cheer by Bill Gaston (House of Anansi Press)
Enlightening Essays
by Neil Querengesser
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Mary di Michele by Joseph Pivato (Guernica Editions)
- The Ivory Thought by Gerald Lynch, Shoshannah Ganz, and Josephine Kealey (University of Ottawa Press)
Gone But Not Forgotten
by Robert Thacker
Book(s) Reviewed:
- When She's Gone by Steve Lundin (Great Plains Publications)
Love, Loss, and—the Arts?
by Brenna Clarke Gray
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Smuggling Donkeys by David Helwig (Porcupine's Quill)
- That Tune Clutches My Heart by Paul Headrick (Gaspereau Press)
- Niceman by David Carpenter (Porcupine's Quill)
Farting In Church
by Mark Harris
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Rien n’est plus précieux que la liberté et l’indépendence by Pierre Farlardeau (VLB éditeur)
Wolf, Star, and Ash
by Joel Deshaye
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Wolf Tree by Alison Calder (Coteau Books)
- Combustion by Lorri Neilsen Glenn (Brick Books)
- Contrary Infatuations by Dymphny Dronyk (Frontenac)
- Last Scattering Surfaces by Gil McElroy (Talon Books)
- Radius of Light by Joshua Auerbach (DC Books)
Reality is Nice, Too
by Hilary Turner
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Day I Became a Canadian by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet and Hilary Turner (Tundra Books)
- Hurricane! by Celia Godkin (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Lilies and Realism
by Alexis Foo
Book(s) Reviewed:
- A Long Continual Argument by John Newlove (Chaudiere Books)
- The Essential Don Coles by Robyn Sarah (Porcupine's Quill)
- Coal and Roses by P.K. Page (Porcupine's Quill)
This City is Made for Walking
by Maia Joseph
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Walkable City by Mary Soderstrom (Véhicule Press)
Factored Dramaturgies
by Alan Filewod
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Schoolhouse by Leanna Brodie (Talon Books)
- Rootless but Green Are the Boulevard Trees by Uma Parameswaran (TSAR Publications)
- The Berlin Blues by Drew Hayden Taylor (Talon Books)
- Bone Cage by Catherine Banks (Playwrights Canada Press)
(DRAMA)
A Couple Pairs of Shorts
by Owen Percy
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Pardon our Monsters by Andrew Hood (Véhicule Press)
- Once by Rebecca Rosenblum (Biblioasis)
- Reckoning by A.S. Penne (Turnstone Press)
- The Butcher of Penetang by Betsy Trumpener (Caitlin Press)
(DRAMA)
Gone Albertan
by Neil Querengesser
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Wild Words by Donna Coates (Athabasca University Press)
Native Textuality
by Beverley Haun
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Common Pot by Lisa Brooks (University of Minnesota Press)
- Muting White Noise by James H. Cox (University of Oklahoma Press)
- Taking Back Our Spirits by Jo-Ann Episkenew (University of Minnesota Press)
Kids' Animal Books Moving
by Lynn J.R. Wytenbroek
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Shimmerdogs by Dianne Linden (Thistledown Press)
- Dog Tracks by Ruby Slipperjack (Fifth House Publishers)
- The Nine Lives of Travis Keating by Jill MacLean (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Quand la petite histoire insuffle la vie
by Lucie Lequin
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Doucement le bonheur by Marguerite Andersen (Prise de Parole)
- L'archipel du docteur Thomas by Françoise Enguehard (Éditions Prise de Parole)
Saisir
by Simon Auclair
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Toucher l'eau et le ciel by Francine Chiocoine (Éditions David)
- Sur la table vitrée by Francine Chiocoine and Robert Melançon (Éditions David)
Daze and Nights
by Janice Morris
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle (Drawn & Quarterly)
City of Words (and Pictures)
by Sarah Banting
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Vancouver by George Stanley (New Star Books)
- A Verse Map of Vancouver by George McWhirter (Anvil Press)
Noli me scribere
by Adeline Caute
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Homa Sweet Home by Patrick Lafontaine (Éditions du Noroît)
- Chronos à sa table de travail by Margaret Michèle Cook (Interligne)
Génération désillusion
by Virginie Doucet
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Un Monde de papier by Francois Désalliers (Éditions Triptyque)
- Vu d'ici by Mathieu Arsenault (Éditions Triptyque)
- L'Impudeur by Alain Roy (Éditions du Boréal)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
Imagination Generated Imagery
by Sean Somers
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Imagining Anne by L. M. Montgomery (Viking Press)
- 100 Years of Anne with an 'E' by Holly Blackford (University of Calgary Press)
From Nature to the Nursery
by Candida Rifkind
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Paul Goes Fishing by Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
In Stratford's Shadow
by Vin Nardizzi
Book(s) Reviewed:
- A Certain William by Leanore Lieblein (Playwrights Canada Press)
- The Shakespeare's Mine by Ric Knowles (Playwrights Canada Press)
Traditional Threads
by Jonquil Covello
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Rankin Inlet by Mara Feeney (Gaby Press)
Comparative History and Quebec
by Kit Dobson
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Making of the Nations and Cultures of the New World by Gerard Bouchard (McGill-Queen's University Press)
Fragments at large: three poetry books
by rob mclennan
Book(s) Reviewed:
- (flood basement by Jeremy Stewart (Caitlin Press)
- 23 Skidoo / Subtractions by Michael Boughn (Book Thug/Literary Press Group of Canada)
- Curio by Elizabeth Bachinsky (Book Thug/Literary Press Group of Canada)
The Alchemy of Stories
by Maria J. H. Lerena
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Canadian Short Story by Reingard M. Nischik (Camden House)
Acts of Survival
by Coral Ann Howells
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Myth and Fairy Tales in Contemporary Women's Fiction by Sharon Rose Wilson (Palgrave Macmillan)
Future Sexlives: Autobiography Meets Science Fiction
by Jes Battis
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Future is Queer by Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- queersexlife by Terry Goldie (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Good Reading--Bad Editing
by Susan Hart
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Practice of Her Profession by Susan Butlin (McGill-Queen's University Press)
Editing Talent
by Dee Horne
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Douglas Gibson Unedited by Christine Evain (Peter Lang Publishing Group)
(PUBLISHING (see MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS))
Aboriginal Storytelling
by Susan Gingell
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Braiding Histories by Susan D. Dion (University of British Columbia Press)
- The Drum Calls Softly by David Bouchard (Red Deer Press)
Human Ends and Animal Beginnings
by Gavan P. L. Watson
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Animal Subjects by Jodey Castricano (Wilfrid Laurier University Press)
Question d'identité
by Charles Le Blanc
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Un coeur rouge dans la glace by Robert Lalonde (Éditions du Boréal)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
Le retour d'exil de Windsor Laferrière
by Jimmy Thibeault
Book(s) Reviewed:
- L'énigme du retour by Dany Laferrièr (Éditions du Boréal)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
La poésie dans tous ses états
by René LaFleur
Book(s) Reviewed:
- La lune n'aura pas de chandelier by Daniel LeBlanc-Poirier (l'Hexagone Poésie)
- Sombre d'ailleurs by Frédérick Durand (Éditions Triptyque)
- Miettes de moi by Joanne Morency (Éditions Triptyque)
Pièces détachées
by Vincent Charles Lambert
Book(s) Reviewed:
- La Suite informe by Mathieu Bergeron (Le Quartanier)
- Autoportraits-robots by Thierry Dimanche (Le Quartanier)
- L'Arbre chorégraphe by Larry Tremblay (Éditions du Noroît)
Réalités conflictuelles
by Maria Pentrelli Cotroneo
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Uashat by Gérard Bouchard (Éditions du Boréal)
- Dans la tourmente afghane by Jocelyne Mallet-Parent (Éditions David)
Enbranchements
by Farah Leplat
Book(s) Reviewed:
- La cathédrale sur l'océan by Vittorio Frigerio (Éditions Prise de Parole)
Context Is All
by Coral Ann Howells
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Margaret Atwood by Fiona Tolan (Rodopi)
Lieu et réalité de l'imaginaire
by Sylvano Santini
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Le maître du Château rouge by Bertrand Gervais (XYZ Éditeur / XYZ Publishing)
- Le mort de J. R. Berger by Bertrand Gervais (XYZ Éditeur / XYZ Publishing)
Souvenirs inédits
by Natasha Dagenais
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Une phrase lente de violoncelle by Gilles Lacombe (Interligne)
- Les plages à la laine de chevreau by Gilles Lacombe (Interligne)
La quête
by Adeline Caute
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Ombres d'amours en rêve by Corinne Bayle (Éditions du Noroît)
- Joies by Anne Guilbault (XYZ Éditeur / XYZ Publishing)
- La Bohème by François Moreau (Éditions Triptyque)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
La Nature du roman
by Daniel Letendre
Book(s) Reviewed:
- L'apprentissage by Madeleline Ouellette-Michalska (XYZ Éditeur / XYZ Publishing)
- Champagne by Monique Proulx (Éditions du Boréal)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
Poèmes de l'Origine
by Stephane Girard
Book(s) Reviewed:
- La Lumiére et L'heure by Andrée Lacelle (Vermillion)
Poèmes de l'Origine
by Stephane Girard
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Tant de Vie S'égare by Andrée Lacelle (Vermillion)
Journey Through Language and Fear
by Tanya Christiansen
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Knife Sharpener's Bell by Rhea Tregebov (Coteau Books)
Vancouver's Chickamin
by Duffy Roberts
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Man Game by Lee Henderson (Penguin Books)
Les Vies plurielles
by Maité Snauwaert
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Carnet de désaccords by Natalie Stephens (Le Quartanier)
- Fenêtre sur vie by Nicole Balvay-Haillot (Vermillion)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
Belonging and Mourning
by Moberley Luger
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Belonging and Banishment by Natasha Bakht (TSAR Publications)
- Private Grief, Public Mourning by John Belshaw (Anvil Press)
Ordinary Lives Examined
by Lee Baxter
Book(s) Reviewed:
- One Day It Happens by Mary Lou Dickinson (Inanna)
- Making Olives and Other Family Stories by Darlene Madott (Longbridge Books)
- Almond Wine and Fertility by Licia Canton (Longbridge Books)
- Carnival Glass by Bonnie Dunlop (Thistledown Press)
The Shaping of Taste
by Parie Leung
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Political Life of Sensation by Davide Panagia (Duke University Press)
- What's to Eat? by Nathalie Cooke (McGill-Queen's University Press)
Imaging (in) Greece
by Jodi Lundgren
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Aegean Tales by Pan Bouyoucas (Cormorant Books)
- Swim by Marianne Apostolides (Book Thug/Literary Press Group of Canada)
Breathless Poetics in Toronto
by Louise Young
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Holding Still For As Long As Possible by Zoe Whittall (House of Anansi Press)
An International History of Canadian Literature
by Colin Hill
Book(s) Reviewed:
- History of Literature in Canada by Reingard M. Nischik (Camden House)
En un mot
by Eric Paul Parent
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Lucarnes by Éric Charlebois (Éditions David)
- Solstices by Herménégilde Chiasson (Prise de Parole)
Childhood's Journey
by Gisèle M. Baxter
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Journey to Atlantis by Philip Roy (Ronsdale Press)
- The Blythes Are Quoted by L. M. Montgomery and Benjamin Lefebvre (Penguin Books)
Indigenous Critical Aesthetics
by Allison Hargreaves
Book(s) Reviewed:
- From Mushkegowuk to New Orleans by Joseph Boyden (NeWest Press)
- Art as Performance: Story as Criticism by Craig S. Womack (University of Oklahoma Press)
Understanding Our Worlds and Ourselves
by Sarika P. Bose
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Malagawatch Mice and the Cate Who Discovered America by Caroline Stellings (Cape Breton University Press)
- Spirits, Fairies, and Merpeople by C. J. Taylor (Tundra Books)
- Clever Rachel by Debby Waldman (Orca Book Publishers)
- Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion by Jane Barclay (Tundra Books)
Brain Food for Youth
by M. Sean Saunders
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones (Candlewick Press)
- Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry (Tundra Books)
Women's pages: reconfiguring Canadian women in print culture
by Cecily Devereux
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Woman's Page by Janice Fiamengo (University of Toronto Press)
- Editing Modernity by Dean Irvine (University of Toronto Press)
Tasting this Place
by Emily Wall
Book(s) Reviewed:
- In a Boston Night by Sasenarine Persaud (TSAR Publications)
- Poems for a Small Park by E. D. Blodgett (Athabasca University Press)
- is a door by Fred Wah (Talon Books)
- Red Nest by Gillian Jerome (Harbour Publishing)
(In)visible Canadian
by Graham Nicol Forst
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Northrop Frye's Canadian Literary Criticism and Its Influences by Branko Grojup (University of Toronto Press)
- Northrop Frye by Robert D. Denham (McArthur)
"I'll Teach You Cree"
by Nicholas Bradley
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Gabriel's Beach by Neal McLeod (Hagios)
- Little Hunger by Phillip Kevin Paul (Nightwood Editions)
- Fifth World Drum by Anna Mraie Sewell (Frontenac)
- Kipocihkȃn by Gregory Scofield (Nightwood Editions)
Canadian Idealists?
by Valerie Raoul
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Transformations by James Doyle (ECW Press)
- Pale Blue Hope by Ronald Poulton (Turnstone Press)
An Exorcist's Tale
by Pamela Owen
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre (Random House)
Words and the World
by Stephen Ney
Book(s) Reviewed:
- In Bed With the Word by Daniel Coleman (University of Alberta Press)
Growing Up in Quesnel
by Haymen Leong
Book(s) Reviewed:
- I Am Full Moon by Lily Hoy Price (Brindle & Glass)
Regards sur l'Ontario français
by Pierre-Yves Mocquais
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Cahiers Charlevoix 7 by Société Charlevoix (Éditions Prise de Parole)
De l'égard pour l'ordinaire
by Marc André Brouillette
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Répit by Paul Bélanger (Éditions du Noroît)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
Rethinking the Diary
by Laurie McNeill
Book(s) Reviewed:
- On Diary by Jeremy D. Popkin (University of Hawaii Press)
(LIFE WRITING - Criticism and Theory)
Quelques décalages
by Nicole Nolette
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Carpe Diem by Francine Chicoine, Terry Ann Carter, and Marco Fraticelli (Éditions David)
- Roc & rail by Mansel Robinson (Prise de Parole)
- Le Groupe des huit by Judith-Louise Thibault (Éditions du Noroît)
- Décalage by Patrice Desbiens (Prise de Parole)
Ce que révèlent les lieux environnants
by Ariane Tremblay
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Nid de brindilles by Carmen Leblanc (Éditions David)
- Fragment d'eau by Pauline Dugas (Perce-Neige)
L'illusion bitumineuse
by Alexandre Gauthier
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Fort Mac by Marc Prescott (Éditions du Blé)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
Generic Expectations
by Lisa Grekul
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Eva's Threepenny Theatre by Andrew Steinmetz (Gaspereau Press)
- Century by Ray Smith (Biblioasis)
Connecting Freedom
by Juliane Okot Bitek
Book(s) Reviewed:
- A Shadow in the Household by Bryan Prince (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.)
Different Directions
by Graham Forst
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Northrop Frye by David Rampton (University of Ottawa Press)
Small Transformations
by Hilary Turner
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Orphan Boy by Tolowa M. Mollel (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
- A Wizard in Love by Mireille Levert (Tundra Books)
- Pounce De Leon by Tim Wynne-Jones (Red Deer Press)
Language Movements
by Aaron Giovannone
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Rental Van by Clint Burnham (Anvil Press)
- yes / no by Dennis Lee (House of Anansi Press)
- Expressway by Sina Queyras (Coach House Books)
- Mosaic Orpheus by Peter Dale Scott (McGill-Queen's University Press)
New Multiculturalisms
by Sam Knowles
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Texture of Identity by Martin Genetsch (TSAR Publications)
Damsels in Distress
by Timothy Dugdale
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Silver Salts by Mark Blagrave (Cormorant Books)
- Love Minus Zero by Lori Hahnel (Oberon Press)
Post-Communist Power Plays
by Reece Steinberg
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Culprits by Robert Hough (Random House Canada)
- Anna's Shadow by David Manicom (Véhicule Press)
The Many or One
by Douglas Barbour
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Revolver by Kevin Connolly (House of Anansi Press)
- Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip by Lisa Robertson (Coach House Books)
- Be Calm, Honey by David W. McFadden (Mansfield)
D'un oeil critique
by Julia Morris-von Luczenbacher
Book(s) Reviewed:
- L'Oeil de Marquise by Monique Larue (Éditions du Boréal)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
Gabrielle Roy, franco-manitobaine
by Sophie Marcotte
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Sillons by Lise Gaboury-Diallo (Éditions du Blé)
Échos démultipliés
by Patricia Godbout
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Les Sables Mouvants by Hubert Aquin (Ronsdale Press)
- L'Écho de nos classiques by Agnès Whitfield (Éditions David)
Premières pages
by Emmanuel Bouchard
Book(s) Reviewed:
- L'Émondé by Judy Quinn (Éditions du Noroît)
- Qui s'installe? by Hector Ruiz (Éditions du Noroît)
- Lests by Jacques Audet (Éditions du Noroît)
Media, War and Society
by Marlene Briggs
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Media, Memory, and the First World War by David Williams (McGill-Queen's University Press)
Remembrances of Things Past
by Karl Jirgens
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Obituary of Light by Susan Musgrave (Leaf Press)
- Too Bad by Robert Kroetsch (University of Alberta Press)
- Memory's Daughter by Alice Major (University of Alberta Press)
High Notes
by Dorothy F. Lane
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Walking on Water by Jancis M. Andrews (Cormorant Books)
- The Old Familiar by Alex Hawley (Thistledown Press)
- The Grumpy Man by Raymond Fraser (Matthew)
Réformistes ou nationalistes
by Michel Ducharme
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Les Réformistes by Éric Bédard (Éditions du Boréal)
Celebrating Barry Callaghan
by Douglas Ivison
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Barry Callaghan by Priscila Uppal (Guernica Editions)
Too Much Happiness, Too Much Grief
by Beverley Haun
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.)
- Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.)
Staying Power
by Jennifer Bowering Delisle
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The March Hare Anthology by Adrian Fowler (Breakwater Books)
- A Little Distillery in Nowgong by Ashok Mathur (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Seeking New Caledonia
by Mark Diotte
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Simon Fraser by Stephen Hume (Harbour Publishing)
- Fort St. James and New Caledonia by Marie Elliott (Harbour Publishing)
Lyric Translations
by Janet Neigh
Book(s) Reviewed:
- God of Missed Connections by Elizabeth Bachinsky (Nightwood Editions)
- Joy is so Exhausting by Susan Holbrook (Coach House Books)
- m-Talá by Chus Pato (Buschek Books)
- The Rose Concordance by Angela Carr (Book Thug/Literary Press Group of Canada)
Collaborative Spirits
by Susan Holbrook
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Wait Until Late Afternoon by David Bateman and Hiromi Goto (Frontenac)
- Sybil Unrest by Larissa Lai and Rita Wong (LINEbooks)
- Automaton Biographies by Larissa Lai (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Gabrielle Roy's Intercultural Writings
by Louise Ladouceur
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Between Languages and Cultures by Rosemary Chapman (McGill-Queen's University Press)
Neither an Empty Blank
by Richard Cassidy
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Blackouts by Craig Boyko (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.)
- Buying Cigarettes for the Dog by Stuart Ross (Freehand Books)
Prismatic Reflections
by Linda Quirk
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Carol Shields by Aritha van Herk and Conny Steenman-Marcusse (Matthew)
- Following the Curve of Time by Cathy Converse (Touchwood Editions)
A Truly Public Discourse
by Margo Gouley
Book(s) Reviewed:
- An English Canadian Poetics by Robert Hogg (Talon Books)
Method and Material
by Bart Vautour
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Wrong World by Gregory Betts (University of Ottawa Press)
- Reasoning Otherwise by Ian McKay (Between the Lines)
La poésie est une bien vilaine manie
by Ariane Audet
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Mon nom by Normand de Bellefeuille (Éditions du Noroît)
- Pas by Diane Régimbald (Éditions du Noroît)
Questions de distance
by Jorge Calderón
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Habiter la distance by Lucie Hotte and Guy Poirier (Éditions Prise de Parole)
Vies précaires
by Mariloue Sainte-Marie
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Les espions de Dieu by André Roy (Éditions Les Herbes Rouges)
- Le Livre Des Absents by Hugues Corriveau (Éditions du Noroît)
- Agonie d'André Breton by Jean Yves Collette (Éditions du Noroît)
La souffrance des exilés
by Jorge Calderón
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Les Pieds Sales by Edem Awumey (Éditions du Boréal)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
Insights from memory's sites
by Paul Dubé
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Entre lieux et mémoire by Anne Gilbert, Michel Bock, and Joseph Yvon Thériault (University of Ottawa Press)
The Spiritual Subject
by Amanda Lim
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Ox by Christopher Patton (Véhicule Press)
- More to Keep Us Warm by Jacob Scheier (ECW Press)
- Riding Backwards on Dragon by Kim Goldberg (Leaf Press)
- I Will Ask for Birds by Kelly Parson (Sono Nis Press)
- Duet for Wings and Earth by Barbara Colebrook Peace (Sono Nis Press)
English Canada in Translation
by Natasha Dagenais
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Les Belles Étrangères by Janes Koustas (University of Ottawa Press)
Divergent Perspectives on Grace and Memory
by Sharanpal Ruprai
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Valley Sutra by Kuldip Gill (Caitlin Press)
- Enter the Chrysanthemum by Fiona Timwei Lam (Caitlin Press)
- Fish Bones by Gillian Sze (DC Books)
- Reticent Bodies by Moez Surani (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd)
Genre Blur
by John Moss
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Breaking Lorca by Giles Blunt (Random House)
- Snow Job by William Deverell (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.)
- Homicide Related by Nora McClintock (Red Deer Press)
Travelling Bodies
by Carolyne Van Der Meer
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Valmiki's Daughter by Shani Mootoo (House of Anansi Press)
- No Place Strange by Diana Fitzgerald Bryden (Key Porter Books)
Hell Will Not Prevail
by Madelaine Jacobs
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Jacob's Prayer by Lorne Dufour (Caitlin Press)
- Porcupines and China Dolls by Robert Arthur Alexie (Theytus Books)
Traces and Spaces, Memory and Stages
by Scott Duchesne
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Signatures of the Past by Caroline De Wagter (Peter Lang Publishing Group)
- Developing Nation by Bruce Barton (Playwrights Canada Press)
Connect the Strands
by Monique Tschofen
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Atom Egoyan by Emma Wilson (University of Illinois Press)
(FILM)
Studying Canadian Studies
by Kit Dobson
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Canadian Cultural Studies by Sourayan Mookerjea, Imre Szeman, and Gail Faurschou (Duke University Press)
Beastly Trade
by Nicholas Bradley
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Romantic Ecologies and Colonial Cultures in the British-Atlantic World, 1770-1850 by Kevin Hutchings (McGill-Queen's University Press)
- The Bedside Book of Beasts by Graeme Gibson (Doubleday Canada Limited)
Ladies First
by Karen Crossley
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Factory Voice by Karen Crossley (Coteau Books)
- The Wife's Tale by Lori Lansens (Knopf Canada)
Narrating Re-Generation
by Reilly Yeo
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Generation A by Douglas Coupland (Random House Canada)
Strange Weather
by JC Peters
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Wonderfull by William Neil Scott (NeWest Press)
- Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchan (HarperCollins)
Relationships and Recollections
by Emer Savage
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Ordinary Lives by Josef Skvorecky (Key Porter Books)
National Anxiety in a New Age
by Damon Barta
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Border Songs by Jim Lynch (Random House Canada)
Love, familiar and fractious
by Mike Borkent
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Lean-To by Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen (Gaspereau Press)
- Love Outlandish by Barry Dempster (Brick Books)
Writing to Defy Death
by Maria N. Ng
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Sleeping Buddha by Hamida Ghafour (McArthur)
- The Evergreen Country by Thuong Vuong-Riddick (Hagios)
- Not Yet by Wayson Choy (Doubleday Canada Limited)
(LIFE WRITING - Criticism and Theory)
Short Simplicities
by Kathryn Carter
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Truth and Other Fictions by Eva Tihanyi (Inanna)
- Fragments of the World by Hélène Rioux (Cormorant Books)
- Vanishing and Other Stories by Deborah Willis (Penguin Books Canada)
Les limites entre la fiction et la réalité
by Catherine Khordoc
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Pour de Vrai, Pour de Faux by Francine D'Amour (Éditions du Boréal)
(LITERATURE - Quebec - 21st Century)
Risky Business
by Lisa Grekul
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon (Knopf Canada)
- Burmese Lessons by Karen Connelly (Knopf Canada)
Essays Afloat and Adrift
by Travis V. Mason
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Adrift on the Ark by Margaret Thompson (Brindle & Glass)
- Grass, Sky, Song by Trevor Herriot (HarperCollins)
Figures of Memories and Cities
by David C. Waddell
Book(s) Reviewed:
- asking questions indoors and out by Anne Compton (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
- This Way Out by Carmine Starmino (Gaspereau Press)
Mixing Periods & Genres
by Leonard Bond
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Cardinal Divide by Stephen Legault (NeWest Press)
- The Outlander by (House of Anansi Press)
(LITERARY GENRES - Historical)
Women in the Market
by Jennifer Blair
Book(s) Reviewed:
- A Silent Revolution? by Peter Baskerville (McGill-Queen's University Press)
(CANADIAN CULTURE - 19th Century) (WOMEN'S STUDIES)
Charting Indigenous Pasts and Futures
by Keavy Martin
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Lines Drawn upon the Water by Karl S. Hele (Wilfrid Laurier University Press)
- Where the Pavement Ends by Marie Wadden (Douglas & McIntyre)
Torment and Dislocation
by Julie Cairnie
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Dance Hall Road by Marion Douglas (Insomniac Press)
Integrating Violence
by Richard Cassidy
Book(s) Reviewed:
- The Well and Other Stories by Nick Faragher (Thistledown Press)
- The Chinese Knot and Other Stories by Lien Chao (TSAR Publications)
- We Are Not in Pakistan by Shauna Singh Baldwin (Goose Lane Editions)
Une femme de son temps
by Mélanie E. Collado
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Louise Dupré by Anne-Marie Jézéquel (L'Harmattan)
De l'espace et du temps
by Emmanuel Bouchard
Book(s) Reviewed:
- La Grande Sortie by Pierre Raphaël Pelletier (Interligne)
- Sur le parvis des nuages by Marcil Cossette (Éditions David)
- L'étincelle suffit à la constellation by Guy Cloutier, René Laubiès, Frédèric Benrath, and Julius Baltazar (Éditions du Noroît)
Rebellious Causes
by Jan Lermitte
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Vimy by Vern Thiessen (Playwrights Canada Press)
- Carmela's Table by Vittorio Rossi (Talon Books)
- The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion by Stephen Massicotte (Playwrights Canada Press)
Chevaliers de la mémoire
by Maxime Prévost
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Aux chevaliers du nœud coulant by Rémi Tremblay and Rémi Tremblay (Presses de l'Université Laval)
Three Directions: One Terrain
by Karl Jirgens
Book(s) Reviewed:
- Jailbreaks by Zachariah Wells (Biblioasis)
- Looking for Lucy by Wanda Campbell (Leaf Press)
- South of North by Richard Outram, Anne-Marie Corkett, Rosemary Kilbourn, and Thoreau MacDonald (Porcupine's Quill)
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