‘Fake It So Real’ is a less-than-glamorous spin through womanhood
Fake It So Real Susan Sanford Blades, 234 pgs, Nightwood Editions, nightwoodeditions.com, $22 How does a young person learn […]
Reviews
‘Nova Graphica’ is an excellent gift for any Nova Scotian in your life
Nova Graphica Edited by Laura Kenins, 140 pgs, Conundrum Press, conundrumpress.com, $20 Nova Graphica is the graphic novel history […]
‘Art Life’ asks what it means to be an artist
Art Life Catherine Ocelot, 208 pgs, Conundrum Press, conundrumpress.com, $20 Art Life, a work of “autofiction with a lot […]
‘Low Centre of Gravity’ is one hell of a ride
Low Centre of Gravity Michael Dennis, 88 pgs, Anvil Press, anvilpress.com, $18 Michael Dennis died from pancreatic cancer at […]
‘The Old Man in the Mirror isn’t Me: Last Call Haiku’ is fresh and humourous
The Old Man in the Mirror isn’t Me: Last Call Haiku Ray Robertson, 89 pgs, Exile Editions, exileeditions.com, $19 […]
‘Autumn Nocturne’ is undeniably irresistible
Amber Tsang & Alvin Brendan Autumn Nocturne Independent, ambertsangalvinbrendan.bandcamp.com This debut jazz album is, first and foremost, a dazzling […]
Non-cringey guitar solos in Souvenir’s ‘Collapse’
Souvenir Collapse Independent souvenirhfx.bandcamp.com Singer and guitarist Dave Banoub couldn’t sing the right note if his life depended on […]
Kashka sings, “When life gets hard, I get soft”
Kashka soft Independent, kashka.bandcamp.com This latest EP from Toronto’s Kat Burns is not cheery. Quarantine fatigue, seasonal affective disorder, […]
Moments of grace and brokenness in ‘The Odds Against a Starry Cosmos’
The Odds Against a Starry Cosmos Chapbook, Abby Bland, 30 pgs, Perennial Press, perennial-press.com, $13 Physicist Paul Davies once […]
‘Breaking Through Anti-Charisma and Pastoral’ is a crossing of absurdity and idealized nature
Breaking Through Anti-Charisma and Pastoral Chapbook, Spencer Moody (text), Mocha Ishibashi (illustrations), 32 pgs, Displaced Snail Publications, displacedsnail.com, $5 […]
‘Shrek-stetic: An ogre fashion zine’ answers the question you’ve never asked, What would Shrek look like as a punk?
Shrek-stetic: An ogre fashion zine Comic, Vivi Partridge, 12 pgs, Vivi Doodles Press, @PartridgeArt, $10 He’s your favourite cartoon […]
sophia bartholomew & Emma Hicks find comfort in ambiguity in ‘Screen Ecologies’
Screen Ecologies Art zine, sophia bartholomew & Emma Hicks, 44 pgs, $15 “What is enacted in online spaces? Objects circulate […]