A Conversation with Rebecca Salazar
Have you ever read a book that feels like looking into a mirror—one that reflects the parts of yourself you’ve buried while offering the comfort of a quiet, steady it’s not your fault?
Editor’s Choice
The Miramichi Reader’s Best Nonfiction of 2025
Here are our best nonfiction titles of the year, chosen by our contributors!
The Miramichi Reader’s Best Fiction of 2025
It’s the end of 2025 already, and so the “Best of” lists are surfacing! Here are some of TMR’s Best fiction of the year, chosen by our dedicated team of contributors.
A Quilting of Scars by Lucy E.M. Black
There is a mystery to uncover situated in the detailed life on the farm during the late 1800s. Black’s flair for writing superb and timely dialogue keeps the reader planted in this time and space.
Read Palestine Week 2025
Below, we’ve put together a list of Palestinian books reviewed on TMR. What are you reading this week?
In the Field by Sadiqa de Meijer
What I wasn’t expecting about In the Field was just how much I love it. It is a remarkable book: thoughtful, nuanced, beautifully written, and thoroughly researched.
ITTY BITTY REVIEWS: Issue #4
With Reviews of books by Rebecca Salazar, Jake Byrne, and Margo LaPierre.
As the Earth Dreams | The Terese Mason Pierre interview
Terese Mason Pierre is the editor of As The Earth Dreams (House of Anansi Press), a ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.
Planet Earth by Nicholas Ruddock
Planet Earth is a wide-ranging collection of stories. Clocking in at 184 pages in total, this is small but mighty: there are pieces of flash fiction here, longer stories, ones that break your heart and ones that chill you to the bone.
Habs Nation: A People’s History of The Montreal Canadiens | Interview with Brendan Kelly
What makes a sports team more than just athletes? For the Montreal Canadiens, it’s a rich tapestry of cultural significance and national pride, deeply interwoven with Quebec’s history.
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #51
Featuring Shawn Lawlor, Bryn Pottie, Merilyn Simonds, and David Elias
You Will Not Kill Our Imagination by Saeed Teebi
You Will Not Kill Our Imagination is an impossibly patient telling of how the author sees us, seeing him.
Declan Tucker’s Grand Debut by William Wodhams
Wodhams has woven a fine, rich tapestry of a story. Declan is a split-screen; a fish out of water crossed with loveable artist, who has very high hopes.
