by Lindsey | Jun 3, 2026 | All Reviews, Book Reviews, Fiction
Night Birds, the seventh novel of award-winning Winnipeg writer Margaret Sweatman, develops themes of innocence and knowledge, guilt and redemption, through the central character of Farrar, a metallurgist who learns that his beloved foundry is funded by laundered...
by Lindsey | Apr 29, 2026 | Book Reviews, Fiction
It helps to know a bit about film when cracking the covers of Retcon—or a lot. Repeat Governor General’s Award nominee Morse’s newest novel—a companion book to 2023’s Tulpa Mea Culpa—is just as obsessed with academic politics, metafiction, and...
by Lindsey | Jan 19, 2026 | Book Reviews, Fiction
In the biblical Book of Esther, days of feasting and rejoicing follow the deaths of 75,000 Persians who plotted against Queen Esther and her king. Author David Bergen, on Michael Elves’ podcast Turning Pages, revealed that he chose Days of Feasting and Rejoicing as...
by Lindsey | Jul 15, 2025 | Book Reviews, Fiction
The world is wide for Felicity Alexander, an opera singer with a “red-hot career.” But as we come to realize throughout Zilla Jones’s debut novel, The World So Wide, in which Felicity plays lead diva, when doors open for you around the world, it’s harder to find one...
by Lindsey | Feb 20, 2025 | All Reviews, Book Reviews, Fiction
Matthew Tétreault’s debut novel, Hold Your Tongue, provides a meditation on the large question of what it means to be Métis through the stories of one family. By playing with language, oral tradition, and family secrets, Tétreault weaves together a charming story...
by Lindsey | Nov 8, 2023 | All Reviews, Book Reviews, Fiction
It’s that time of year again! As the year winds down, the temperature drops and snow covers the ground, the Christmas season lurks. The holiday tunes start a little earlier each year, stores start getting in their Christmas merch in September, and as we get closer to...
