Review of Skylar Kay’s “There’s Magic Here Too”
By Ashley J.J. White There’s Magic Here Too: A Trans Woman’s Guide to Being Monstrous by Skylar Kay Frontenac House (2026) Alberta poet Skylar Kay’s second poetry collection There’s Magic…
Review of Ronna Bloom’s “In A Riptide”
By Vivian Hansen In A Riptide by Ronna Bloom Brick Books (2025) Lolograssing: What Means This? Ronna Bloom’s exploration into death is an honour; as though we must all come…
Review of Betty Jane Hegerat’s “Elephants in the Room”
By Rosemary Griebel Elephants in the Room: New Short Fiction by Betty Jane Hegerat Shadowpaw Press (2025) Betty Jane Hegerat is well known in the writing community not only as…
Review of Hollie Adams’ “Dear Humans: Stories”
By Jonathan Greenbaum Dear Humans: Stories by Hollie Adams NeWest Press (2026) Nowadays we pick up works of fiction that mix genres to achieve the author’s aims. Hollie Adams’ new…
Review of Angela Waldie’s “A Single Syllable of Wild”
By Catherine Owen A Single Syllable of Wild by Angela Waldie Frontenac House (2026) In many ways, the title sums up this first collection’s deep intent: to sound a singular…
Review of Joann McCaig’s “Beneficiary”
By Sasha Yurchenko Beneficiary by JoAnn McCaig University of Calgary Press (2026) Seren lived many lives. She was born into a picture-perfect family with matching sweaters and yearly personalized Christmas…
Review of Christine McNair’s “Toxemia”
By Frances Boyle Toxemia by Christine McNair Book*Hug (2024) Toxemia, the first work of creative non-fiction by multiple-award-winning poet Christine McNair, is a powerful and emotive collection of lyric essays…
Review of Kate Rogers’ “Baba Yaga and the Girl Who Ate the Rope”
By Catherine Owen Baba Yaga and the Girl Who Ate the Rope by Kate Rogers Frontenac House (2026) When I was young, fairy and folk tales were one of the…
Review of Russell Thornton’s “Two Songs: Selected Poems”
By Kathryn MacDonald Two Songs: Selected Poems 2000-2025 by Russell Thornton Harbour Publishing (2026) With nine previous collections, Russell Thornton is a poet whose name you will recognize. You may…
Review of Elana Wolff’s “Everybody Knows a Ghost”
By Keith Garebian Everybody Knows a Ghost by Elana Wolff Guernica Editions (2026) The title foregrounds universality, knowledge, and the spectral. “Everybody” encompasses Manu (name for the 14 rulers of…