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Radio Belly

By Buffy Cram

Among the impressive lineup of talent assembled in the 2010 speculative fiction anthology Darwin’s Bastards, a pair of stories by a couple of newcomers stood out: Matthew J. Trafford’s “The Divinity Gene” and Buffy Cram’s ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Malarky

By Anakana Schofield

Irish-Canadian literary critic Anakana Schofield’s first novel is a tumultuous ride. Malarky asks questions without providing answers, chronicling the emotional, mental, and occasionally menial anxieties of Our Woman as she struggles with her own agency ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Why Men Lie

By Linden MacIntyre

Why Men Lie never answers the provocative question implied in its title, although author Linden MacIntyre hints strongly that part of the reason resides in another definition of the verb “to lie.” And although it ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Stray Love

By Kyo Maclear

The title of Toronto writer Kyo Maclear’s second novel provides many clues as to what’s between the covers: over the course of the story, love strays, lovers stray, and strays are loved. These are just ... Read More »

February 27, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Placebo Effect

By David Rotenberg

With The Placebo Effect, Toronto writer and theatre professional David Roten-berg delivers an effective, if somewhat workmanlike, thriller possessed of  an enthralling undercurrent that allows it to transcend its genre and shine on its own ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Walker in the City

By Meira Cook

Méira Cook’s third book of poetry contains a long poem composed of seven interlocking sections. Multiple characters emerge, recede, and are created, for the most part, by writing each other into existence. The arresting first ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Poetry