Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #57
Featuring David Martin, Mallory Tater, Kasia Van Schaik, and Barbara Emodi
nonfiction
A Love Affair With the Unknown by Gillian Deacon
Gillian brings forth the notion that we, as humans, try to seek control and predictability because it makes us feel comfortable. She explains that while we all feel uneasy with life’s uncertainties, we often fail to recognize that most others feel the same way.
Looking for Anne of Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery and Her Timeless Heroine by Irene Gammel
Gammel traces her way through Montgomery’s life, journals, and early works to determine the leads for how Anne of Green Gables was born, and how Montgomery related to Anne throughout her life.
Why I Wrote this Book: Issue #55
Featuring Joanne Culley, Dena Jackson, Shelagh Meagher, and Dr. Jacques A. Frigault
Something to Hold Onto by Kate Robson
Something to Hold Onto: Simple Metaphors, Images, and Practical Tools to Transform Your Life is a personal and relatable look at life, struggles and the grief we all endure to come out on top.
The Miramichi Reader’s Best Nonfiction of 2025
Here are our best nonfiction titles of the year, chosen by our contributors!
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.
I Have a Love Story by Natalie MacMaster
I Have a Love Story is a nice summation of MacMaster’s incredible career.
Breakaway: The PWHL and the Women Who Changed the Game by Karissa Donkin
This is going to be a key text in the history of hockey.
Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds by Patty Krawec
There is so much to learn here, so many starting points for dialogue, so many opportunities to clear space and grow.
The Drive Across Canada by Mark Richardson
Richardson features conversations with people who are somehow connected to the more than seven thousand kilometres of asphalt.
21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
[…] learn about what Indigenous self-government can be, even after hundreds of years of colonialism in North America and the necessary healing and repair that needs to be done.
The Antifa Comic Book (Revised & Expanded) by Gord Hill
On September 2, 2025, Gord Hill’s new revised and expanded graphic history, The Antifa Comic Book, was released in Canada. Days later U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order designating Antifa a domestic terrorist organization.
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #51
Featuring Shawn Lawlor, Bryn Pottie, Merilyn Simonds, and David Elias
