Review of Traci Skuce’s “Hunger Moon”
by Skylar Kay Hunger Moon by Traci Skuce NeWest Press (2020) ISBN 978-1-988732-80-0 Traci Skuce’s Hunger Moon is a well-crafted collection of short stories. While only two of these stories have the…
Review of Sophie Stocking’s “Corridor Nine”
by Skylar Kay Corridor Nine by Sophie Stocking Thistledown Press (2019) ISBN 9781771871815 Sophie Stocking’s Corridor Nine is a story of life, death, family, and rebirth. To begin, the novel places…
Volume XXX Number 1
Volume XXX Number 1 – Spring 2020 Editors Crystal Mackenzie and Micheline Maylor Cover Flora van Wageningen Poetry George Elliott Clarke Emmett Till (1941-1955): A Beginner’s ABC Halle Gulbrandsen Mitch, I’m…
Review of Randy Lundy’s “Field Notes for the Self”
by Micheline Maylor Field Notes for the Self by Randy Lundy University of Regina Press (2020) ISBN 9780889776937 Field Notes for the Self, Randy Lundy’s fifth full-length collection, reaches towards…
“The Baffled King, Composing”: Writerly Worship and Mimesis in Leonard Cohen’s Secular Hymn “Hallelujah”
by Donald Shipton Leonard Cohen’s writing career spanned over sixty-five years and throughout this time, he made a profound impression on the tradition of Canadian folk music. Among his greatest…
The FreeFall Annual Prose and Poetry Contest
The FreeFall Annual Prose and Poetry Contest is open until April 30th, 2020. $1700 in prizes to be won plus publication in the Fall issue. For details and to enter,…
Review of Randy Nikkel Schroeder’s “Arctic Smoke”
by Mike Thorn Arctic Smoke: A Novel by Randy Nikkel Schroeder NeWest Press (2019) ISBN 978-1-988732-70-1 Randy Nikkel Schroeder’s Arctic Smoke does not simply inhabit its multiple genres, but instead…
Interview with Denise Chong
by Jamal Ali A third-generation Chinese-Canadian, Denise Chong, the internationally published and award-winning writer, was born in Vancouver and raised in Prince George. She studied economics at the University…
Review of Cecelia Frey’s “Lovers Fall Back to Earth”
by Vivian Hansen Lovers Fall Back to Earth by Cecelia Frey Innana Press (2018) ISBN 978-1-77133-481-5 This book is about unpacking clichés; all that has been hoarded over the years. Frey pries beneath…
Way Back When: Stories from under the bed open mic night
Way Back When: Stories From Under the Bed