April 26, 2023 | Filed under: Anthologies, Criticism & Essays, Fiction: Short, Memoir & Biography, Poetry, Reviews
If It Gets Quiet Later On, I Will Make a Display, the wonderfully odd new collection from Fredericton writer, editor, and poet Nick Thran, is ostensibly rooted in the world of bookstores and booksellers, but ... Read More »
An anthology of painstakingly crafted essays, Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language explores the complexities of language and how it impacts identity, culture, and lived experience. The editors Leonarda Carranza, Eufemia Fantetti, and Ayelet ... Read More »
September 28, 2021 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews
In the anthology Changing the Face of Canadian Literature (Guernica Editions), editor Dane Swan discusses the diversity and breadth of Canadian literature, writing in the preface: “Congratulations Canada, you finally have a literature that looks ... Read More »
July 14, 2021 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews
In the anthology Changing the Face of Canadian Literature (Guernica Editions), editor Dane Swan discusses the diversity and breadth of Canadian literature, writing in the preface: “Congratulations Canada, you finally have a literature that looks ... Read More »
July 14, 2021 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews
Editor Dane Swan concludes the introduction to this new anthology of poetry and essays by saying, “Congratulations Canada, you finally have a literature that looks like the people who inhabit you. Do not take this ... Read More »
August 31, 2020 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews
The anthology Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada is a comprehensive compendium focusing on the most urgent issues facing Canada’s Black community today. Edited by core and founding members of ... Read More »
January 30, 2020 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews
Editing a collection that comprises the best of anything must be partially an exercise in frustration. Selections somewhat depend on moods on particular days and, in the case of Canadian short fiction and poetry, there’s ... Read More »
November 29, 2018 | Filed under: Anthologies
Editing a collection that comprises the best of anything must be partially an exercise in frustration. Selections somewhat depend on moods on particular days and, in the case of Canadian short fiction and poetry, there’s ... Read More »
November 29, 2018 | Filed under: Anthologies
The dark underbelly of Vancouver is exposed in the crime anthology Vancouver Noir, the third Canadian book in the infamous and ongoing international noir series by Akashic Books. Edited by Sam Wiebe, author of the ... Read More »
September 24, 2018 | Filed under: Anthologies
In the 1960s Margaret Laurence was the most highly praised female novelist in the country, the author of such important works as The Tomorrow-Tamer, The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, and The Fire-Dwellers. This ... Read More »
May 7, 2018 | Filed under: Anthologies, Memoir & Biography