The Small Intimacies of Motherhood in ‘A Bubble’
A Bubble Geneviève Castrée, 16 pgs, Drawn & Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $14.95 The late Geneviève Castrée was a multi-talented artist, who […]
Reviews
‘SKY WRI TEI NGS’ transforms the mundane
SKY WRI TEI NGS Nasser Hussain, 97 pgs, Coach House Books, chbooks.com, $19.95 Every now and then, the light from […]
Meditations on Prairie Life: ‘Little Wild’
Little Wild Curtis Leblanc, 80 pgs, Nightwood Editions, nightwoodeditions.com, $18.95 Curtis Leblanc, a West Coast poet and editor — Vancouver […]
A Homage to Montreal: ‘Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers’
Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers Jason Freure, 105 pgs, ECW Press/a misFit book, ecwpress.com, $18.95 In […]
Poetic Vignettes and Nuanced Portrayals of Queerness in ‘Hider/Seeker’
Hider/Seeker Jen Currin, 218 pgs, Anvil Press, anvilpress.com $20 Jen Currin’s debut fiction collection, containing 20 stories, explores themes of […]
A Choose Your Own Surrealist Poetry Adventure Zine: ‘We are now an Eager Beaver!!!’
We are now an Eager Beaver!!! Litzine, Nina Budabin McQuown, 28 pgs, yeswehaveno.com, $5 It’s a sure bet that Movin’ Out […]
Reconciling the Irreconcilable: ‘Forest Fires’ essay
Forest Fires Essay, Margeaux Feldman, illustrated by Wenting Li, 18 pgs, The Vault, vaultzine.com, $6 “You can give this eulogy […]
Real AF artzine and 2018 BP Zine Awards finalist: ‘Homes I Cannot Afford’
Homes I Cannot Afford Artzine, Nikki Papp, 28 pgs, myrainyweekends.com, $12 The timing is right for a zine that looks at […]
‘Is the sun a whore?’: relationship woes, jealousy and passion in comic ‘Helioscum #2’
Helioscum #2 Comic, Juli Majer, 20 pgs, shop.ddoogg.ca, DDOOGG, $10 What do you do when an all-consuming love goes sour? […]
Reality and fiction mingle in dreamy comic ‘Coma’
Coma Comic, Angela Chung, 20 pgs, minijung.com Coma is a brief comic about trying to escape from a lucid dream […]
Money with morals: ‘Revolution 11’ introduces a new world order
Revolution 11 Zine, Mark Kirkwood Callingham, 32 pgs, [email protected] In this zine, Mark Kirkwood Callingham details the structure, mobilization, and […]
Staggered Healing and Snippets of Summer in perzine ‘Trauma Castle #1-3’
Trauma Castle #1-3 Perzines, Billy Starfield, etsy.com/shop/FantasyClub, $5 a zine Trauma Castle is a perzine series with an amazing name, […]