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…
Review of Sharon Berg’s “Naming the Shadows”
by Ed Hamer Naming the Shadows by Sharon Berg The Porcupine’s Quill (2019) ISBN 9780889848665 The Stories Themselves: Sharon Berg has written a collection of short stories, really a powerful gallery of…
Review of Sophie Stocking’s “Corridor Nine”
by Skylar Kay Corridor Nine by Sophie Stocking Thistledown Press (2019) ISBN 9781771871815 Sophie Stocking’s Corridor Nine is a story of life, death, family, and rebirth. To begin, the novel places…
Review of Randy Lundy’s “Field Notes for the Self”
by Micheline Maylor Field Notes for the Self by Randy Lundy University of Regina Press (2020) ISBN 9780889776937 Field Notes for the Self, Randy Lundy’s fifth full-length collection, reaches towards…
Review of Randy Nikkel Schroeder’s “Arctic Smoke”
by Mike Thorn Arctic Smoke: A Novel by Randy Nikkel Schroeder NeWest Press (2019) ISBN 978-1-988732-70-1 Randy Nikkel Schroeder’s Arctic Smoke does not simply inhabit its multiple genres, but instead…
Review of Cecelia Frey’s “Lovers Fall Back to Earth”
by Vivian Hansen Lovers Fall Back to Earth by Cecelia Frey Innana Press (2018) ISBN 978-1-77133-481-5 This book is about unpacking clichés; all that has been hoarded over the years. Frey pries beneath…
Review of “Left” by Theanna Bischoff
by Crystal Mackenzie Left by Theanna Bischoff NeWest Press (2018) ISBN 978-1-988732-43-5 I am a sucker for a good mystery. Theanna Bischoff’s LEFT is a good mystery. Set in Calgary, AB between…
Book Review of “The Better Mother” by Jen Sookfong Lee
Robin van Eck A Review of The Better Mother By Jen Sookfong Lee Knopf Canada (2011) ISBN 978-0-307-39950-2/ 0-307-39950-8 $29.95 In The Better Mother, by Vancouver writer Jen Sookfong Lee,…