books

Joelle Tymchuk shares her visceral response to reading Christina Dalcher’s Vox. Tymchuk’s story “Last Born” appeared in The Fiddlehead no. 280 (Summer 2019).

Chris Benjamin discusses the impact of reading Isabelle Knockwood's Out of the Depths: The Experiences of Mi’kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. Chris Benjamin's story "Arsonists" appeared in The Fiddlehead no. 279 (Spring 2019).

Madeline Sonik discusses feminism and her love for horror/mystery writer Shirley Jackson. Madeline Sonik's creative nonfiction essay "Char" appears in The Fiddlehead no.281 (Autumn 2019).

Síle Englert recommends reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Síle Englert's poetry appeared in The Fiddlehead no. 279 (Spring 2019).

Dominik Parisien recommends reading Roxanna Bennett's chapbook unseen garden (knife | fork | book). Dominik Parisien's work has appeared in The Fiddlehead No.277 (Autumn 2018) and in The Fiddlehead No.279 (Spring 2019). Look for poems by Roxanna Bennett in The Fiddlehead No.281, our upcoming Autumn 2019 issue!

by Megan Kuklis

A review of Melissa Barbeau's The Luminous Sea (Breakwater Books, 2018)

Marcia Walker recommends reading American novelist, playwright, and activist James Baldwin. Read Marcia's story "Mating Imperatives" in The Fiddlehead's upcoming Summer Fiction 2019 issue (No. 280)!

Jill M. Talbot recommends reading works by New Zealand writer Janet Frame. Jill M. Talbot's essay "Checkmate" appeared in The Fiddlehead No. 277 (Autumn 2018), our all creative nonfiction issue. 

Ania Mroczek recommends Clarice Lispector's The Passion According to G.H. Look for Mroczek's essay "It’s Necessary to Talk About Trees" in this fall's all-creative nonfiction issue, edited by Alicia Elliott. 

Zerrin Darnell-Martin recommends Trevor Noah's biography and two books by James Baldwin. Look for Zerrin's essay "Garlic Pussy" in this fall's all-creative nonfiction issue, edited by Alicia Elliott.