Category: Book Reviews

Though Related, Our Echoes Are Not the Same 
We Survived the Night, Julian Brave Noisecat. Penguin Random House Canada, 2025. 

A Rich Mourning Journey Guided by a Benign Ghost 
In Search of Puffins: Stories of Loss, Light and Flight, Marjorie Simmins. Pottersfield Press, 2025. 

The Road to Nowhere: The Troubled Masculinity of The Passenger Seat 
The Passenger Seat, Vijay Khurana. Biblioasis, 2025 

A Masterclass on The Long Sentence 
Planet Earth, Nicholas Ruddock. House of Anansi Press, 2025. 

Sounds From a Black Square 
An Orange, A Syllable, Gillian Sze. ECW Press, 2025. 

The mouth is where it all begins. The mouth is where we are nourished as infants and where we cry for more. Words may form in our heads, but they become real when they are sounded. Yet it is easy to take speaking for granted. Babies may say “ga-ga” before “mama” or “dada” because the “g” sound is easier to make. It takes time to learn how to form the right words, to properly shape the lips and the tongue to get our meanings across. 

The Flit and Perch of a feather 
of a feather, Thaddeus Holownia & Harry Thurston. Anchorage Press, 2024. 

Pathos, Suspense, and the Absurd: Steven Heighton’s Storytelling Gifts 
Sacred Rage: Selected Stories, Steven Heighton. Biblioasis, 2025. 

An Invitation into the Ancient Forests of Haidi Gwaii 
A Room in the Forest, Heather Ramsay. Caitlin Press, 2025. 

Politics or Opera, Revolution or Art? The Triumph of Felicity Alexander’s Decision 
The World So Wide, Zilla Jones. Cormorant Books, 2025. 

From Lamb to Slaughter 
She’s a Lamb!, Meredith Hambrock. ECW Press, 2025. 

“How do you solve a problem like Maria?” This is the question that begins the musical, The Sound of Music, and the line that Jessamyn St. Germain, the protagonist of Meredith Hambrock’s second novel, She’s a Lamb!, is desperate to sing on stage. In front of a crowd of adoring fans. Because she’s a star. She is.