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Biblioasis’s 2020 A Ghost Story for Christmas Collection
Dec 7, 2020
Biblioasis and famous Canadian cartoonist Seth, kept their holiday tradition alive by once again releasing three ghost stories for Christmas. Taking a break from publishing mostly Victorian era ghost stories, two of this year’s offerings are a little closer to the modern day, with The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance by Montague Rhodes […]
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Bunny by Hannah Moscovitch & Mistatim (concept by Sarah Laronde) and Instant by Erin Shields
Nov 20, 2020
Hanna Moscovitch’s impressive beginning as a playwright with East of Berlin, The Russian Play, and Little One has not been fulfilled, or at best, fitfully so. With these plays, perhaps especially East of Berlin, she seemed capable of anything with her dramatic instinct, searching technique, and sharp, often funny, relentless dialogue. Plays which seem to […]
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Arborescent by Marc Herman Lynch
Nov 9, 2020
Marc Herman Lynch’s debut novel, Arborescent, is a magical romp through a strangely familiar world. The novel is set in a fictional version of Calgary called Moh’kins’tsis, which isn’t a made up name or place at all, but the traditional Blackfoot name for the region. In this city where true names are spoken, Lynch conjures […]
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Want by Barbara Langhorst
Oct 26, 2020
It’s an odd experience, reading a novel about apocalyptic fears during a pandemic. A few chapters into Want, the debut novel by Saskatchewan writer Barbara Langhorst, the narrator’s brother launches into an impassioned rant about the dangers of the current world. “‘All types of things you need to stock up on—NOW—we have to be ready,’” […]
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Seven Sacred Truths by Wanda John-Kehewin
Sep 24, 2020
Review by Mary Barnes We live in the 21st century where society seems to have progressed and reached a place of great achievements. Yet, there are still repercussions from the near annihilation of the indigenous peoples. They run deep, and the only way to release past and future generations from this aftermath, to dispel the […]
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