I know little about the early years of the American republic and Lindsay Chervinsky's Making the Presidency was an all-new-to-me deep dive on the formative years after the revolution. The…

Mental illness are hardly new ground for literary fiction but Alana Saab's unique voice, empathy and humour made Please Stop Trying to Leave me a moving and affirming journey. Scarred…

Suzie Edge's Vital Organs was a quick and fluffy read that explores body parts literally from tip to toe through the exploration of various famous tales of some of history's most…

While I'm not sure I understood the premise, Under the Eye of the Big Bird was a lyrical contribution to the dystopian canon. Many thousands of years in the future humans…

Huda Mukbil is an Ottawa author who I had the pleasure of meeting very briefly as she was awarded her Ottawa Book Award for Agent of Change. Mukbil's family fled…

Heather O'Neill's The Capital of Dreams has been published against the backdrop of ongoing wars in Ukraine and Palestine and I could not help but read the novel with those…

Kaveh Akbar is a poet and this was some of the most enjoyable I've read all year. There was lots here for someone who's been in the recovery rooms, anyone…