On Sports | Interview with David Macfarlane
I had to admit to myself that I have this love-hate relationship with sports – quite a profound love-hate relationship to the point where I tell this story on myself that’s not in the book.
Special Features
ITTY BITTY REVIEWS: Issue #6
With reviews of books by Jack Daniel Christie, A. Daniyal, and Kit Roffey
Independent Bookstore Day 2026 and Sue Slade
Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is April 25, 2026! TMR has a hard-working editor busy with all things East Coast, PLUS her day-time job as manager of Dartmouth Book Exchange. Sue Slade works tirelessly advocating for Atlantic authors, discovering books of all descriptions, and meeting with people who read! TMR is proud to recognize Sue Slade …
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #59 — All Poetry!
Featuring Jennifer LoveGrove, Misha Solomon, Saraswoti Lamichhane, and Kathryn MacDonald
The Golden Generation: How Canada Became a Basketball Powerhouse | Interview with Oren Weisfeld
In The Golden Generation: How Canada Became a Basketball Powerhouse, basketball journalist Oren Weisfeld looks past the highlights and toward the hard, often uncomfortable work of building a national basketball ecosystem – one shaped by immigration, resistance from governing bodies, U.S. prep schools, grassroots rebels, and decades of tension.
Black Cherokee: An Interview with Antonio Michael Downing
So there was this moment for me where I thought: my God, everything in my life has changed, but the one thing that has held true is the presence of the Crown, and of colonialism.
On boxing with Nadia Ragbar
From the beginning, even with them being conjoined, I didn’t want the conflict to come from discrimination or an overtly ableist world. That never felt like the story to me.
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #58
Featuring Marie-Josée Poisson, Alison Gadsby, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Natalie Southworth
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #57
Featuring David Martin, Mallory Tater, Kasia Van Schaik, and Barbara Emodi
Echo Maker by James Raffan
Echo Maker is the portrait of a memorable personality, an insight into his unusual family life and his career in the outdoors, and, almost as a bonus, a detailed account of adventure expeditions based on traditional Aboriginal routes and techniques.
The Nature of Poetry: An Interview with Ian LeTourneau
Metadata from a Changing Climate considers themes of nature, change, and connection.
Journey Through Dreamscape: An Interview with Sean Howard
Sean Howard’s new collection, Overlays (Gaspereau Press, 2025) collects “fresh poems from the deep wells of two related texts—John Thompson’s influential poetry collection Stilt Jack (1978) and Peter Sanger’s Sea Run (Gaspereau Press, 2023), a critical commentary on Thompson’s [work].”
