The Energy of Questions: A Review by Lynn Davies of I Am the Big Heart by Sarah Venart
Posted on January 4, 2023
The Energy of Questions
I Am The Big Heart, Sarah Venart. Brick Books, 2020.
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Surrealestate: A Review by Clarissa Hurley of Erase and Rewind by Meghan Bell and Householders by Kate Cayley
Posted on January 4, 2023
Surrealestate: The Quandary of Home in New Stories by Meghan Bell and Kate Cayley
Erase and Rewind, Meghan Bell. Book*hug, 2021.
Householders, Kate Cayley. Biblioasis, 2021.
Pre-Order the Winter Issue Today!
Posted on December 9, 2022
The forthcoming Winter 2023 issue of The Fiddlehead is now available for pre-order!
The issue will feature the winning story from The Fiddlehead's 2022 Fiction Contest, as well as work from talented writers such as Alice Zorn, Abu Bakr Sadiq, Kate Cayley, Brian Bartlett and many more.
Pre-orders will be in the mail by the end of January. To order your copy click the appropriate link below:
John Barton: Gay Canlit Icon: A Review by KIRBY of John Barton's "We Are Not Avatars"
Posted on October 24, 2022
John Barton: Gay Canlit Icon
We Are Not Avatars, John Barton. Palimpsest Press, 2019.
When I told a friend I was about to write a review of We Are Not Avatars (Palimpsest Press, 2019), a collection of John Barton’s essays, memoirs, and manifestos, they looked at me quizzically and suggested I’d set myself on an unrealistic challenge, for how can anyone critique an icon? My friend gave me pause because I never considered John Barton to be one.
Poets as Observers of Space and Absence: A Review by Manahil Bandukwala of Gillian Sze's "Quiet Night Think"
Posted on October 11, 2022
Poets as Observers of Space and Absence
Quiet Night Think, Gillian Sze. ECW Press, 2022.
I first came to Gillian Sze’s work through her chapbook, Fricatives. Fricatives has lingered in the back of my mind for years, and Sze’s latest collection of poems and essays, Quiet Night Think, will no doubt do the same. Comprised of six personal essays interspersed with poems, Quiet Night Think meditates on poetry and motherhood. Where do these intersect, and where do they diverge?
Querelle of Roberval by Kevin Lambert, trans. Donald Winkler: A Review by thom vernon
Posted on October 7, 2022
Querelle of Roberval
Kevin Lambert, trans. Donald Winkler. Biblioasis, 2022.
Pre-Order the Autumn Issue Now!
Posted on September 27, 2022
The forthcoming Autumn 2022 issue of The Fiddlehead is now available for pre-order!
The issue will feature the winning essay from The Fiddlehead's 2022 Creative Nonfiction Contest, as well as work from award-winning authors such as Tolu Oloruntoba, Corinna Chong and many more.
Pre-orders will be in the mail by the end of October. Don't miss your chance to reserve a copy today!
Often Overlooked: An Introspective Poet: A Review by gillian harding-russell of "The Essential Elizabeth Brewster", selected Ingrid Ruthig
Posted on September 21, 2022
Often Overlooked: An Introspective Poet
The Essential Elizabeth Brewster, selected Ingrid Ruthig. The Porcupine Quill, 2021.
Betwixt and Between: A Review by Ian Colford of Brian Thomas Isaac's "All the Quiet Places"
Posted on September 21, 2022
Betwixt and Between
All the Quiet Places, Brian Thomas Isaac. Brindle & Glass, 2021.
Brian Thomas Isaac’s first novel, All the Quiet Places, describes the early life of Eddie Toma. Eddie lives with his mother Grace and younger brother Lewis on the Okanagan Indian Reserve in Southern British Columbia’s rural interior.
Fragments of eternity: A Review by M. Travis Lane of Kristjana Gunnars' "Ruins of the Heart, Six Longpoems"
Posted on September 21, 2022
Fragments of eternity
Ruins of the Heart, Six Longpoems, Kristjana Gunnars. Angelico Press, 2022.
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