Review of Diane Girard’s “Waves”
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…
Review of G.A Grisenthwaite’s “Home Waltz”
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…
Review of Lousie B. Halfe’s “Awâsis: Kinky and Dishevelled”
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…
Review of D. A. Lockhart’s “Go Down Odawa Way”
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…
Review of Barbara Black’s “Music From a Strange Planet”
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…
Review of Mark Sampson’s “All the Animals on Earth”
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…
Review of Gary Barwin “For It Is a Pleasure and a Surprise to Breathe”
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…
Review of Mike Thorn’s “Shelter for the Damned”
By Vincent Potter Shelter for the Damned by Mike Thorn JournalStone (2021) “They sat for hours, talking dirty in the rot and gloom. Mark had never taken so long to smoke a…
Review of Arleen Paré’s “First”
By Catherine Owen First by Arleen Paré Brick Books (2020) The topic of female friendships in literature: enduring, formative, is unfortunately uncommon. Often dismissed as a bond of fripperies by a patriarchal society, close…
Review of Marcello Di Cintio’s “Driven”
By Annie Wesko Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers by Marcello Di Cintio Biblioasis (2021) Marcello Di Cintio writes of so many immigrant taxi drivers who had seen war…