Hilary Turner


Works by Hilary Turner

Book Reviews

Book Reviews by Hilary Turner

Where Shall We Live Now?
By Hilary Turner
Published in web format on Canadian Literature‘s website. (Pending print publication.)
  • Canadian Suburban: Reimagining Space and Place in Postwar English Canadian Fiction by Cheryl Cowdy (Author)
  • The Call of the Red-Winged Blackbird: Essays on the Common and Extraordinary by Tim Bowling (Author)
The Ripple Effect
By Hilary Turner
Published in Emerging Scholars, Redux Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 242 (2020): 173-174.
  • Rue des Rosiers by Rhea Tregebov
  • Mad Hatter by Amanda Hale
Voyages of Desire
By Hilary Turner
Published in Rescaling CanLit: Global Readings Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 238 (2019): 132-134.
  • Magnetic North: Sea Voyage to Svalbard by Jenna Butler
  • James Cook: The Voyages by William Frame and Laura Walker
Canadian Herstory
By Hilary Turner
Published in Meanwhile, Home. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 232 (Spring 2017): 156-157.
  • After Light by Catherine Hunter
  • River Music by Mary Soderstrom
Gods, Dogs, and Feral Girls
By Hilary Turner
Published in Asian Canadian Critique Beyond the Nation. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 227 (Winter 2015): 151-53.
  • The Hunter and the Wild Girl by Pauline Holdstock
  • Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Children and Death
By Hilary Turner
Published in Canada and Its Discontents. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 198 (Autumn 2008): 115-116.
  • Mr. Gauguin's Heart by Marie-Danielle Croteau, Isabelle Arsenault (Illustrator) and Susan Ouriou (Translator)
  • Marja's Skis by Jean E. Pendziwol and Jirina Marton (Illustrator)
  • Light Foot/Pies Ligeros by Natalia Toledo, Francisco Toledo (Illustrator) and Elisa Amado (Translator)
Sui Generis
By Hilary Turner
Published in New Work on Early Canadian Literature. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 213 (Summer 2012): 169-170.
  • Catching Time by Rachna Gilmore
  • Fishing with Gubby by Kim LaFave (Author) and Gary Kent (Author)
  • Great Lakes and Rugged Ground: Imagining Ontario by Sarah N. Harvey (Author) and Leslie Buffam (Author)
  • The Nightwood by Robin Muller
Sundry Tundra Fun
By Hilary Turner
Published in Prison Writing. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 208 (Spring 2011): 155-156.
  • Bird Child by Nan Forler
  • Out of Slavery: The Journey to Amazing Grace by Linda Granfield
  • Sail Away with Me by Jane Collins-Philippe
  • What Came First? by Sandro Natalini
Small Transformations
By Hilary Turner
Published in Canadian Literature 206 (Autumn 2010): 197-199.
  • The Orphan Boy by Tolowa M. Mollel
  • A Wizard in Love by Mireille Levert
  • Pounce De Leon by Tim Wynne-Jones
Reality is Nice, Too
By Hilary Turner
Published in Queerly Canadian. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 205 (Summer 2010): 165-166.
  • The Day I Became a Canadian by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet and Song Nan Zhang
  • Hurricane! by Celia Godkin
Fledglings in Flight
By Hilary Turner
Published in Sport and the Athletic Body. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 202 (Autumn 2009): 110-111.
  • Libertad by Alma Fullerton (Author)
  • Good-bye Marianne by Irene N. Watts (Author) and Kathryn E. Shoemaker (Illustrator)
Nature, Wild and Tamed
By Hilary Turner
Published in Context(e)s. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 195 (Winter 2007): 173-174.
  • Arctic Adventures: Tales from the Lives of Inuit Artists by Raquel Rivera and Jirina Morton (Illustrator)
  • The Summer of Marco Polo by Lynn Manuel and Kasia Charko (Illustrator)
  • In My Backyard by Margriet Ruurs and Ron Broda (Illustrator)
Gothic for Beginners
By Hilary Turner
Published in Canada Reads. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 193 (Summer 2007): 141-142.
  • The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe and Ryan Price (Illustrator)
  • When I Was a Boy Neruda Called Me Policarpo by Poli Délano, Sean Higgins (Translator) and Manuel Monroy (Illustrator)
Just Before the Fall
By Hilary Turner
Published in Canadian Literature 191 (Winter 2006): 165-167.
  • Shi-shi-etko by Nicola I. Campbell
  • The Girl from Chimel by Rigoberta Menchu
  • The Red Sash by Jean E. Pendziwol
The New You: How and Why
By Hilary Turner
Published in Canadian Literature 185 (Summer 2005): 183-183.
  • Becoming Ruby by Kathy Stinson
  • Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman
Disorders and Early Sorrow
By Hilary Turner
Published in Writers Talking. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 183 (Winter 2004): 118-120.
  • Chance and the Butterfly by Maggie de Vries
  • Edge by Diane Tullson
  • Jeannie and the Gentle Giants by Luanne Armstrong
Meeting Places in the Network
By Hilary Turner
Published in Black Writing in Canada. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 182 (Autumn 2004): 173-174.
  • The One with the News by Sandra Sabatini
  • Mona Lisa Smiled a Little by Rachel Wyatt
Buffy, Unmuffled
By Hilary Turner
Published in Recursive Time. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 222 (Autumn 2014): 133-34.
  • The Heart Accepts it All: Selected Letters of John Glassco by Brian Busby (Editor)
Not Quite Sunnybrook Farm
By Hilary Turner
Published in Canadian Literature 212 (Spring 2012): 149-150.
  • Call Me Aram by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
  • The Baby Project by Sarah Ellis
  • The Last Wild Place by Rosa Jordan
Three Brats, One Hero
By Hilary Turner
Published in Spectres of Modernism. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 209 (Summer 2011): 141-142.
  • A Night on the Town by Caroline Merola
  • All Aboard! Elijah McCoy's Steam Engine by Monica Kulling
  • Curtain Up! by Dirk McLean
  • Lulu's Piano Lesson by Arlene Alda
Test of Time
By Hilary Turner
Published in Transcreations. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 135 (Winter 1992): 173-175.
  • Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace by David Adams Richards
  • Becoming Tania by Ian Adams