Michael Lake Reviews New Non-Fiction for EVENT 53/2

 •  February 17

Michael Lake Reviews: Mike Barnes, Sleep Is Now a Foreign Country, Biblioasis, 2023Steacy Easton, Daddy Lessons, Coach House Books,...

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Brett Josef Grubisic Reviews New Queer Fiction for EVENT 53/2

 •  February 14

Brett Josef Grubisic Reviews: Jen Currin, Disembark, House of Anansi, 2024Myriam Lacroix, How It Works Out, Doubleday Canada, 2024 In...

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Stephen Meisel Reviews New Short Fiction for EVENT 53/2

 •  February 7

Stephen Meisel Reviews: Allison Graves, Soft Serve, Breakwater Books Limited, 2023Jennifer Falkner, Above Discovery, Invisible Publishing,...

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Poetry: “High Risk Potentially Lethal” by Jónína Kirton

 •  January 21

JÓNÍNA KIRTON, a Red River Métis and Icelandic poet, was 61 when she received the 2016 Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for an Emerging Artist in...

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12 Curated Gift Ideas for Canadian Literature Enthusiasts

 •  November 28

Winter is here, and that means the season of gift-giving is upon us. For writers, or friends of writers, finding the right gift is never easy. You...

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Fiction: “Net” by Alex Leslie

 •  November 26

ALEX LESLIE has published two collections of poetry, The things I heard about you (Nightwood, 2014) and Vancouver for Beginners (Book*hug,...

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Poetry: “¡Ay de mí Llorona, Llorona!” by Yael Tobón

 •  October 28

YAEL TOBÓN is a queer Mexican writer and poet based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Admitted initially into med school,  they are now enrolled in the...

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Simon Lowe Reviews New Novels for EVENT 53/1

 •  October 25

Simon Lowe Reviews: Clara Dupuis-Morency, Trans. Aimee Wall, Sadie X, Book*hug Press, 2023 Mandy-Suzanne Wong, The Box, House of Anansi,...

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Joe Enns Reviews New Poetry for EVENT 53/1

 •  October 17

Joe Enns Reviews: Nicholas Bradley, Before Combustion, Gaspereau Press, 2023Joshua Chris Bouchard, Burn Diary, Buckrider Books (Wolsak and...

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Steven Maye Reviews Sharon Thesen for EVENT 53/1

 •  October 2

Steven Maye Reviews: Sharon Thesen, Refabulations: Selected Longer Poems, edited by Erín Moure, Talonbooks, 2023 This past October, CBC...

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