Arts
“A Day in the Life” with: Montréal Artist Neil Smith
I often think of Neil Smith as a creature more than a person, in the best of all possible ways. He has a magical quality about him; rather than walking, he seems to hover inches […]
Literature
Arts
I Am Looking for You in the No-Place Grid
Adam Haiun’s debut poetry book, I Am Looking for You in the No-Place Grid, attempts to break down the cubicles of the world, to vindicate the forgotten voices howling anachronistically into the no-man’s-land of the […]
Arts
Opening Ceremony by Laura Marie Marciano
Opening Ceremony, Laura Marie Marciano’s second collection of poetry, is a memory-mending confession, coming clean with the kind of clarity to prepare for the prospect of parenthood. The lines trace back one life, before the […]
Arts
Grace Kwan’s: The Sacred Heart Motel
Between rootlessness and unquiet, Grace Kwan’s debut collection of poems, The Sacred Heart Motel, visits the dim private experience of lovers, strangers, visitors, and migrants without reservation or a master key. It is only fitting […]
Arts
Between Composers: The Letters of Norma Beecroft and Harry Somers
Harry Somers was a prolific composer of various mediums, including stage productions, concert halls, film, and radio, and advocated for Canadian music internationally. Norma Beecroft was a prominent Canadian composer, producer, and broadcaster who received […]
Arts
Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim by Jacob Wren
In Jacob Wren’s latest novel, Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim, an unnamed fiction writer with nothing to lose moves from his pent-up room, stepping out of the world of the imaginary and into […]
Arts
“A Day in the Life” with: Montréal Literature Podcaster Linda Morra
As a professor of literature, it’s pretty obvious: Linda Morra loves books. She loves talking about books, she loves reading books, and she loves sharing books. So, becoming a podcaster about books was inevitable. And […]
Arts
Good Want: Poems by Domenica Martinello
Good Want reads as a road map through the wilderness of the suburbs. The homeward bound collection of poems lies, restlessly, between divine deliverance and blunt realness, serving as a careful witness to the small […]
Arts
I Will Get Up Off Of: Poems By Simina Banu
I Will Get Up Off Of, the second poetry collection of Simina Banu is a one-location film equivalent of a book, as it brilliantly unravels on the treadmill of life, yet moves freely through moments […]
Arts
National Animal: Poems by Derek Webster
National Animal, Derek Webster’s second poetry collection, asks what it means to be a Canadian in a time of tremendous uncertainty and rapid dynamism. Acting as a kaleidoscope that illuminates the multiplicative aspects that form […]