Review of Leona Theis’ “If Sylvie Had Nine Lives”
By Annie Wesko If Sylvie Had Nine Lives by Leona Theis Freehand Books (2020) If Sylvie Had Nine Lives is Leona Theis’s third book, a novel in nine stories written in…
Review of Doreen Vanderstoop’s “Watershed”
By Vincent Potter Watershed by Doreen Vanderstoop Freehand Books (2020) ISBN: 9781988298597 The dystopia in Doreen Vanderstoop’s Watershed is one worryingly reasonable: it’s 2058, no one has enough water, and being…
Review of Jason Guriel’s “Forgotten Work”
by Micheline Maylor Forgotten Work Jason Guriel Biblioasis Press (2020) ISBN: 978-1-77196-382-4 Trolling twitter, I find this on Jason Guriel’s feed: “When I started writing nobody rhymed-it was in utter disrepute.…
Review of Lauren Carter’s “This Has Nothing To Do With You”
by Skylar Kay This Has Nothing To Do With Youby Lauren CarterFreehand Books (2019)ISBN: 9781988298542 “We were a family that kept secrets.” This quote, which opens a section late in the…
Review of Anita Lahey’s “The Last Goldfish”
by Skylar Kay The Last Goldfish Anita Lahey Octopus Books (2020) ISBN: 9781771963435 Some books are page turners, keeping readers asking, ‘How will this end? I need to know!’ Lahey’s…
Review of Sabrina Uswak’s “All the Night Gone”
by Ryan Stromquist All the Night Gone Sabrina Uswak Stonehouse Publishing (2020) ISBN: 978-1-988754-28-4 All the Night Gone, the debut novel of Sabrina Uswak, is another addition to the pantheon…
Review of Jennifer Spruit’s “A Handbook for Beautiful People.”
by Kim McCullough A Handbook for Beautiful People Jennifer Spruit Inanna Publications (2017) ISBN: 978-1-77133-441-9 A Handbook for Beautiful People by former Calgarian Jennifer Spruit is a gentle love letter to the…
Review of Naomi K. Lewis’ “Tiny Lights for Travellers”
by Ryan Stromquist Tiny Lights for Travellers Naomi K. Lewis University of Alberta Press (2019) ISBN 978-1-77212-448-4 Naomi Lewis’ memoir, Tiny Lights for Travellers, begins with an epigraph from Alain…
Review of JoAnn McCaig’s “An Honest Woman”
by Sarah Butson An Honest Womanby JoAnn McCaigThistledown Press (2019)ISBN 978-1-77187-178-5 JoAnn McCaig’s second novel, An Honest Woman, is not your average read. If you are looking for a linear…
Interview with Stella Leventoyannis Harvey
Stella Leventoyannis Harvey is a Canadian author and the founder and artistic director of the Whistler Writing Society. Harvey was born in Cairo, Egypt and immigrated to Calgary, Alberta with…