reviews

It's intriguing to come upon a work of fiction that confirms an idea you've had for a long time but had never really articulated.

Adam Sol's fourth collection of poetry offers a panoply of subjects and forms that encompass music, philosophy, science, pop culture, politics, ethics, prose and drama.

Seldom do we encounter a poet who wields tremendous dexterity, and yet, chooses to [play with language instead of performing.

Souvankham Thammavongsa's first collection, Small Arguments, was compiled from a series of handmade chapbooks.

Reading how the gods pour tea, Lynn Davies stunning collection of poems, I was struck by the imagery drawn from the natural world, the world as it is perceived through the poet's eye

James Langer once informed me that I know nothing about Newfoundland.

Ezra Pound tells poets to "make it new".

Steven Price's collection, Omens in the Year of the Ox, is a fine example of the Gothic sensibility.

Cataract City begins in the penitentiary darkness of the Kingston jail and, after a quick retrospective, sweeps into a childhood narrative that reads like an amped up Stand By Me.

At the centre of this multi-layered novel is the Oblate missionary priest, Emile Petitot, a fictionalized version of an actual person who, in 1862, travelled from France to work in northern Canada, where he spent twelve years.