by Shelley McAneeley Meeting Thoreau at the Gas Station Diner by Marty Gervais Urban Farmhouse Press (2022) In the mid-to-late sixties, hippies and curious seekers took off to wherever, whatever,…
By Yvonne Blomer Fields of Light and Stone by Angeline Schellenberg University of Alberta Press (2020) Fields of Light and Stone is a book of poems through which Angeline Schellenberg…
By Yvonne Blomer intertidal: poems from the littoral zone by Zoe Dickinson Raven Chapbooks (2022) The title alone of this slim volume of astonishing poems says much – both intertidal…
By Sharon Berg Waves by Diane Girard Volume Publishing (2021) What was I expecting inside this simple cover on a seemingly self-published book? I don’t mind admitting I recognized my…
By Crystal Mackenzie Home Waltz by G.A Grisenthwaite Palimpsest Press (2020) Set in 1973, in a town near Kamloops B.C, Home Waltz by G.A Grisenthwaite is a typical coming of…
By Micheline Maylor Awâsis: Kinky and Dishevelled by Lousie B. Halfe Sky Dancer Brick (2021) Awâsis: Kinky and Dishevelled by Louise B. Halfe Sky Dancer is a trickster’s book of…
By Marty Gervais Go Down Odawa Way by D. A. Lockhart Kegedonce Press (2021) I heard so much about this book by Windsor-based writer D.A. Lockhart, and looked forward to…
By Skylar Kay Music From a Strange Planet by Barbara Black Caitlin Press (2021) Barbara Black’s Music From A Strange Planet is a well-curated collection of short stories; several themes run throughout…
By Skylar Kay All the Animals on Earth by Mark Sampson Wolsak and Wynn (2020) Mark Sampson’s All The Animals On Earth is like if Orwell had mashed Animal Farm and…
By Skylar Kay For It Is a Pleasure and a Surprise to Breathe by Gary Barwin Buckrider Books (2019) Gary Barwin’s collection of poetry For It Is a Pleasure and a…