Review of Laura Zacharin’s “Common Brown House Moths”
by Beth Everest Common Brown House Moths by Laura Zacharin Frontenac House (2019) ISBN: 9781927823989 Common Brown House Moths by Laura Zacharin is anything but common. Already the first line,…
Review of JoAnn McCaig’s “An Honest Woman”
by Sarah Butson An Honest Womanby JoAnn McCaigThistledown Press (2019)ISBN 978-1-77187-178-5 JoAnn McCaig’s second novel, An Honest Woman, is not your average read. If you are looking for a linear…
This is the Place I Come to in My Dreams
An Essay by Bruce Hunter I made it through delivering my mother’s eulogy, and as I scanned the church filled with the last of my great aunties and uncleswho’d driven down…
An Interview with Jenna Butler
By Jamal Ali Jenna Butler is a poet, professor, essayist, and organic farmer. She teaches Creative Writing at Red Deer College. She is the author of a new travelogue and…
FreeFall Digital Launch Volume 30 Number 1 and Patrick Lane Tribute Issue
June 30, at 7:00 pm MDT. Join on Facebook and YouTube as we launch this incredible double issue
Interview with Stella Leventoyannis Harvey
Stella Leventoyannis Harvey is a Canadian author and the founder and artistic director of the Whistler Writing Society. Harvey was born in Cairo, Egypt and immigrated to Calgary, Alberta with…
The Thing about Stories Is…
“Once told, stories are loose in the world” -Thomas King Massey lecture The Truth About Stories: “You’ll never …
Review of John O’Neill’s “Goth Girls of Banff”
by Skylar Kay Goth Girls of Banff by John O’Neill NeWest Press (2020) John O’Neill’s Goth Girls of Banff captures so many aspects of life in and around Banff in brilliant ways.…
2019 Annual Prose and Poetry Short List
Prose The Thief, the Crier, and those Damned Dark AgesPhoebe’s Five-Finger RevoltFluidBy the NumbersRoll, Pitch, and YawBloomsConservationGloriaThe Canary’s CallingThree BucksA Tea Party for NomiBarred with WhiteThe Voynich Manuscript Poetry Arc…
Review of Sharon Berg’s “Naming the Shadows”
by Ed Hamer Naming the Shadows by Sharon Berg The Porcupine’s Quill (2019) ISBN 9780889848665 The Stories Themselves: Sharon Berg has written a collection of short stories, really a powerful gallery of…