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…
Review of Stephanie Bolster’s “Long Exposure”
By Kathryn McDonald Long Exposureby Stephanie BolsterPalimpsest Press (2025) Long Exposure is Stephanie Bolster’s fifth and most recent poetry collection. Readers may know Bolster’s writing from her Governor General’s Award…
Review of Kathryn MacDonald’s “The Blue Gate”
By Beth Everest The Blue Gate by Kathryn MacDonald Frontenac House Poetry (2026) From the very first poem in Kathryn MacDonald’s latest book The Blue Gate, the poet held me,…
Review of Jennifer Bowering Delisle’s “Stock”
By Frances Boyle Stock by Jennifer Bowering Delisle Coach House Books (2025) We’ve all seen those smiling faces. Impossibly joyful families, mother impeccably groomed as she serves weekday breakfasts or…
Review of Conor Mc Donnell’s “What We Know So Far Is… “
By Kathryn MacDonald What We Know So Far Is… by Conor Mc Donnell Wolsak and Wynn (2025) Conor Mc Donnell has published two poetry collections and three chapbooks and now…
Review of Sheri-D Wilson’s “The Oneironaut 02”
By Mary Vlooswyk The Oneironaut 02 by Sheri-D Wilson Write Bloody North (2025) The Oneironaut 02 by Sheri-D Wilson, is the second book in her long-poem fantasy, dystopian trilogy. The…
Review of Carley Mayson’s “If I Know Anything About a Knife”
Review by Catherine Owen If I Know Anything About a Knife by Carley Mayson Frontenac House (2025) The need to be honest about one’s torments, from addiction and self-harm, to…
Renée Sgroi, in Conversation with Bruce Hunter
By Bruce Hunter On a Tension of Leaves and Binding by Renée M. Sgroi Guernica Editions (2024) I was first introduced to Renée Sgroi’s poetry online at the Oakville Literary…