Writings

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Candace Fertile

Fiction, Poetry and Essay Reviews

A Ladder of Bones
by Bunmi Oyinsan
Guernica Editions
248 pages, $22.95
ISBN: 978-1-77849-008-8

The title of Bunmi Oyinsan’s latest novel, A Ladder of Bones, immediately warns readers that what is to come … Read the whole text
Reviews

Kathryn MacDonald

Fiction Review

In the Bear’s House
by Bruce Hunter
Frontenac Press
2025, 320 pp

“And how a person tells a story tells so much about them” (In a Bear’s House, 190).

At first glance, In the Bear’s House by Bruce … Read the whole text
Creative Non-Fiction

Leslie Stark

Lunch Date with Jesus

Me and Jesus have a lunch date.
He orders a plate of nachos and I think:

That’s weird, I mean, who knew Jesus
Would like nachos, but then again
who doesn’t like nachos, but really … Read the whole text
Fiction

Claire Hollett

Fake Food

For as long as she could remember, Phyllis had sat at the front of the classroom. Whenever the teacher posed a question, her hand reached highest. Phyllis could remember the name of every teacher she’d ever had. … Read the whole text
Fiction

Gordon Ray Bourgon

A Man, a Fender and a Duck Walk into a Bar

There wasn’t a single person in the bar who did not forget what Teddy Roundman looked like. A big man, they all said, all who were in … Read the whole text
Reviews

Melanie Marttila

Poetry and Fiction Reviews

A Thousand Tiny Awakenings
edited by Connor Lafortune and Lindsay Mayhew
Sudbury, ON: Latitude 46 Publishing
2025 84 pages, $20.00

This elegant, slim volume features the poetry and prose of 15 dynamic new voices on … Read the whole text
Reviews

Patrick Connors

Poetry Review

The Alphabet of Aliens
by Sabyasachi Nag
Mawenzi House
ISBN: 978-1-77415-201-0
120 pages, $11.99 – $20.95

In his previous books, Sabyasachi Nag utilized carefully crafted free-verse poetry with very standard line breaks. His words were often startling, and … Read the whole text
Reviews

Rion Levy

Poetry Review

What We Know So Far Is…
by Connor McDonnell

The universality and ineffability of birth, life, and death, have and continue to be (to no ones surprise) some of the most tempting subjects for the poet. … Read the whole text
Fiction

Kai Toh

Art in the Park

Spring, Ontario, 1953.

“Greetings,” Raith said.
“Hello,” said a middle-age, gray-haired, slightly portly man, carrying much camping gear.
“You look prepared to be out here, but I am just wondering … Read the whole text
Fiction

Sharon Berg

1973: The visitors

Rory has one knee on the floor, the other tucked under his chin as he paints. His canvas is propped on two milk crates set over newspaper laid out to protect the floor. His paint tubes … Read the whole text