News & Extras
Arborescent by Marc Herman Lynch
Marc Herman Lynch’s debut novel, Arborescent, is a magical romp through a strangely familiar world. The novel is set in a fictional version of Calgary called Moh’kins’tsis, which isn’t a made up name or place at all, but the traditional Blackfoot name for the region....
Want by Barbara Langhorst
It’s an odd experience, reading a novel about apocalyptic fears during a pandemic. A few chapters into Want, the debut novel by Saskatchewan writer Barbara Langhorst, the narrator’s brother launches into an impassioned rant about the dangers of the current world....
Glitter & Fall, Laozi’s Dao De Jing, Transinhalations by Di Brandt
There is a sensual, affirming candor to the poems in Glitter & Fall, Winnipeg poet Di Brandt’s reimagining of the Dao De Jing, a text that dates from the fourth century B.C.E., but that remains essential reading for those interested in the Chinese philosophical...
Seven Sacred Truths by Wanda John-Kehewin
Review by Mary Barnes We live in the 21st century where society seems to have progressed and reached a place of great achievements. Yet, there are still repercussions from the near annihilation of the indigenous peoples. They run deep, and the only way to release past...
Birding in the Glass Age of Isolation by Curtis LeBlanc
Probably everyone has experiences that they look back on and wonder why they acted in the way that they did. Maybe they sat by passively when they wished they had acted, or cried when they wished they had gotten angry, or got angry when they wished they had sat...
Botticelli In The Fire & Sunday in Sodom by Jordan Tannahill
Botticelli in the Fire won the Governor General’s Award for Drama in 2019. Its author, Toronto playwright Jordan Tannahill, is remarkably clever and to an extent knows his subject. On the surface, the story is potentially compelling. The play is set in...