‘The Dripping Boat’ resembles a Saturday morning cartoon with an older audience in mind
The Dripping Boat Julian Lawrence, 64 pgs, Conundrum Press, conundrumpress.com, $12 An odd little man with a water droplet […]
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‘Walking on the Beaches of Temporal Candy’ is like pure Pop Rocks candy
Walking on the Beaches of Temporal Candy Christian McPherson, 278 pgs, At Bay Press, atbaypress.com, $25 You know those […]
‘The Lightning of Possible Storms’ blends humour and horror
The Lightning of Possible Storms Jonathan Ball, 209 pgs, Book*hug Press, bookhugpress.ca, $20 Imagine an author dedicates his novel […]
‘The Lily Pad and the Spider’ swirls around a fear of death and the desire to die
The Lily Pad and the Spider Claire Legendre, 96 pgs, Anvil Press, anvilpress.com, $18 There could be no better […]
‘Woven’ is a warm cup of familiar
Woven Isabella Fassler, 48 pgs, isabellafassler.com A little compilation of poems with a beautiful backdrop of illustrations that conjure […]
Vagina Witchcraft will leave a ringing in your ears
Vagina Witchcraft Vagina Witchcraft, Independent, vaginawitchcraft.bandcamp.com This foursome cites Black Sabbath as an influence, but Black Mountain seems more […]
Taylor Knox’s lyrics are flush with lovers and late-night introspection
Taylor Knox Here Tonight, Cadence Recordings, cadencerecordings.com If you’ve seen Canadian bands live in the last few decades, you’ve […]
Apology, worry, and indecision abound in Oatmeal Queen’s music
Oatmeal Queen Martian, Independent, oatmealqueen.bandcamp.com On the surface, this suite of seven tracks from Vancouver’s Paloma Pendharkar couldn’t be […]
‘Some People’s Children’ tackles the drive for a sense of belonging
Some People’s Children Bridget Canning, 250 pgs, Breakwater Books, breakwaterbooks.com, $23 Imogene has never known life outside of the […]
The Prophecy by Claire Legendre
The Prophecy Excerpted from The Lily Pad and the Spider, written by Claire Legendre, translated by David Homel It […]
‘Ripples’ explores cyclical mechanisms of human emotion
Ripples Rei Hagiwara, 102 pgs, Glacier Bay Books, glacierbaybooks.com, $18 (print), $9.50 (ebook) Coming off the success of their much-heralded […]
‘The League of Super Feminists’ is a perfect read for those awkward preteen days
The League of Super Feminists Mirion Malle, 60 pgs, Drawn and Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $19 Can I hire the League […]