The Hunter and the Old Woman

Where is the line between human and animal, and what happens when that line is blurred – or crossed? In Pamela Korgemagi’s verdant and eerie debut novel, that question is put to the readers over ... Read More »

July 5, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

By Dean Jobb

Thomas Neill Cream’s early life was uneventful – born in Scotland in 1850 and raised in Quebec City – and he progressed through medical school at McGill and in Great Britain; he then worked in ... Read More »

June 30, 2021 | Filed under: History, Reviews

★ What Strange Paradise

By Omar El Akkad

What Strange Paradise, the powerful new novel from Omar El Akkad, begins with a stark and disturbingly familiar image: “The child lies on the shore. All around him the beach is littered with the wreckage ... Read More »

June 28, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Queer Evangelist: A Socialist Clergy’s Radically Honest Tale

By Cheri DiNovo

Marginalized people in her orbit might picture Cheri DiNovo as a pollinating bee, buzzing from one bloom to the next, never in a straight line. The more comfortable and powerful people who are challenged by ... Read More »

June 23, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Seconds Out: Women and Fighting

By Alison Dean

Shortly after finishing her PhD, finding herself “burnt out and restless,” Alison Dean convinced a friend to go to a kickboxing class with her at a neighbourhood gym. Both were new to the practice – ... Read More »

June 21, 2021 | Filed under: Reviews, Sports, Health & Self-help

Man at the Airport: How Social Media Saved My Life – One Syrian’s Story

By Hassan Al Kontar

Man at the Airport is a testament to the power of one man’s quest for asylum, and how social media has the ability to harness that power – but this book is much more than ... Read More »

June 16, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Disintegration in Four Parts

By Devon Code; Emily Anglin; Jean Marc Ah-Sen; Lee Henderson

The novellas that make up Disintegration in Four Parts connect to the concept of purity, which, like this book, defies immediate, steady categorization. Rather than relying upon the theme as a plot device, each of ... Read More »

June 14, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

The Son of the House

By Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

The debut novel by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, who splits her time between Halifax and Lagos, is powerful and nuanced feminist fiction. The Son of the House begins when Nwabulu and Julie, two women from different classes ... Read More »

June 7, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Philip Roth: A Counterlife

By Ira Nadel

“That’s one of the biggest things that America gave to the Jews – gave them their anger,” says Murray Ringold in Philip Roth’s 1998 novel I Married a Communist. “America was paradise for angry Jews.” ... Read More »

June 3, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

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