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…
Review of Astrid Blodgett’s “This is How You Start to Disappear”
By Kendall Bistretzan This is How You Start to Disappear by Astrid Blodgett University of Alberta Press (2023) Short story writer Astrid Blodgett explores loss, family dynamics, and uncomfortable truths…
Review of David Martin’s “Kink Bands”
By Steven Ross Smith Kink Bands by David Martin NeWest Press (2023) We’re in the mountains here, or in a classroom, or touring earth … but where doesn’t exactly matter…
Welcome Shone Thistle, Calgary’s 7th Poet Laureate
By Michaela Ritchie On April 30, 2024, Calgary Arts Development announced that Shone Thistle would become Calgary’s seventh Poet Laureate, stepping into the office from 2024-2026. An avid reader and…
Review of Ariel Gordon and Brenda Schmidt’s “Siteseeing”
By Frances Boyle Siteseeing by Ariel Gordon and Brenda Schmidt At Bay Press (2023) Siteseeking is the result of a year-long conversation in poetry between two writers celebrated for their…
Review of Lisa Alward’s “Cocktail”
By Skylar Kay Cocktail by Lisa Alward Biblioasis (2023) The stories of Cocktail all revolve around ideas of family, finding belonging, and the pitfalls that come with love—either familial or…
Three Books on Poetics Reviewed by Catherine Owen
By Catherine Owen Imagining Imagining by Gary Barwin Wolsak and Wynn (2023) “I love the syncretic web of experience,” Gary Barwin states exuberantly in his essay “The Selected Walks,” from…
Review of Leilei Chen’s translation of “I Have Forsaken Heaven & Earth, but Never Forsaken You”
By Mary Vlooswyk I Have Forsaken Heaven & Earth, but Never Forsaken You by MA Hui, translated by Leilei Chen Frontenac House (2023) Have you ever played the telephone game?…