Issue 72

Issue 72 fiction – Hostages

In Nadia Ragbar’s Hostages, big changes and whiffs of confusion swirl around a woman who put off sleeping for far too many […]

Zine Excerpt: Menstruate #2

Menstruate the Magazine for Straight Men Vol. 2: A Galaxy of Life Fills the Night By Hart, tawdryproductions.com, $20.00 Hart is an artist, […]

Folio: Theodore Ziegler

This excerpt is by Welland, ON-based illustrator Theodore Ziegler. Two years ago Ziegler sent Broken Pencil a long letter detailing […]

Book Review: Playground of Lost Toys

Playground of Lost Toys Edited by Colleen Anderson and Ursula Pflug, 318 pgs, Exile Editions, exileeditions.com, $19.95   Exile Editions’ […]

Book Review: Pillow

Pillow Andrew Battershill, 231 pgs, Coach House Books, chbooks.ca, $19.95   Surrealism meets psychological realism in Andrew Battershill’s debut novel, […]

Book Review: Clockwork Canada

Clockwork Canada Dominik Parisien, 290 pgs, Exile Editions, exileeditions.com, $19.95   Dominik Parisien gives Canadian history a new burst of […]

Zine Review: Pony Castle

Pony Castle Lit. Zine, Sofia Banzhaf, 44 pgs, Metatron, onmetatron.com, $10 Winner of Metatron’s ‘Prize for Rising Authors of Contemporary […]