Reviews

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

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

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

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

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