EXCERPT: SEEKING SPIRIT: A Vietnamese (Non)Buddhist Memoir
Excerpted with Permission from Guernica Editions
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Devouring Tomorrow: Fiction from the Future of Food
Devouring Tomorrow is an eclectic collection of imagined food futures, speculative and dystopian, by some established and creative Canadian writers, edited by Jeff Dupuis and A.G. Pasquella.
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #43 — Dead Writers Takeover Issue!
Dead Writers is a collaborative fiction project of novella-length stories by Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Michael LaPointe, Cassidy McFadzean, and Naben Ruthnum. In this issue of Why I Wrote this Book, each author tells us why they wrote their pieces!
Baldwin, Styron, and Me by Mélikah Abdelmoumen, translated by Catherine Khordoc
This expansive, evocative, and insightful book is part memoir, part imaginative reconstruction of history.
World Storytelling Day 2025! Three Children’s Books to read.
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The Power of Form in Loss: Bren Simmers and Robert Colman in Conversation
In 2024, Bren Simmers and Robert Colman both published books of poems centred on familial loss, with both tackling, in part, a parent’s struggle with dementia. Beyond very similar titles—The Work (Simmers) and Ghost Work (Colman)—both poets brought to the topic a fascination with the power of form. The authors recently had a virtual discussion about the process involved in their books’ creation.
Dog and Moon by Kelly Shepherd
Dog and Moon is a slow read, not because it is hard so much as it is rich and rewarding, so satisfies early and often.
Devotional Forensics by Joseph Kidney
A hallmark of Kidney’s already distinguished early career, Devotional Forensics shows exceptional range.
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
There’s not much more you need to do to sell me on a book than to tell me it’s about figure skating.
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #42 — POETRY ONLY!
Featuring Susan Wismer, Tolu Oloruntoba, Chris Bailey, and Lisa Timpf
Women Who Woke Up the Law by Karin Wells
Women Who Woke Up the Law by Karin Wells provides an important historical overview of ten legal cases that advanced women’s rights in Canada.
Out of the Ordinary: New Poems by Tom Wayman
Tom Wayman’s latest poetry collection is full of surprises.
