Review of Caroline Adderson’s “A Way to be Happy”
By Lori Hahnel A Way to be Happy: Stories by Caroline Adderson Biblioasis (2024) The title of Caroline Adderson’s latest story collection derives from its epigraph, a passage from Chekhov’s…
Review of Bret Crowle’s “Jesus is a Voyeur”
By Catherine Owen Jesus is a Voyeur by Bret Crowle Frontenac House (2024) Fugue: a contrapuntal composition in two or more voices involving repetition. The plurality of everything. Jesus: purported…
Review of Ellen Chang-Richardson’s “Blood Belies”
By Frances Boyle Blood Belies by Ellen Chang-Richardson Wolsak & Wynn (2024) Blood Belies is Ellen Chang-Richardson’s first full-length poetry collection after six chapbooks (solo and collaborative) published over the…
Review of Bren Simmers’ “The Work”
By Beth Everest The Work by Bren Simmers Gaspereau Press (2024) Even the construction of the cover page predicates a main theme of Bren Simmers’ fifth book, The Work. The…
Review of Stephen Marche’s “On Writing and Failure”
By Carmelo Militano On Writing and Failure or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer by Stephen Marche Biblioasis (2023) A quick skim of Stephen…
Review of Maureen Hynes’ “Take the Compass”
By Megan Nega Take the Compass by Maureen Hynes McGill-Queen’s University Press (2023) Take the Compass is a vivid collection of 58 poems which offer guidance for navigating life’s chaos…
Review of Sheri-D Wilson’s “The Oneironaut”
By Mary Vlooswyk The Oneironaut 1 by Sheri-D Wilson Write Bloody North (2024) The first thing I had to do with this book was research what Oneironaut meant, despite ONERIO…
Review of Tim Bowling’s “In The Capital City of Autumn”
By Catherine Owen In The Capital City of Autumn by Tim Bowling Wolsak & Wynn (2024) Tim Bowling’s body of work holds the distinction of being both diverse and consistent…
Review of Casey Plett’s “On Community”
by Joni Doornenbal On Community by Casey Plett Biblioasis (2023) Casey Plett’s new book-length essay On Community is a gracious contemplation of community in its many iterations, from the catty…
Review of Catherine Owen’s “Moving to Delilah”
By Tonya Lailey Moving to Delilah by Catherine Owen Freehand Books (2024) I just walked in, beneath the simple lintel, and the walls spoke in a definite whisper, “My name…