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Starred review Nocturne: On the Life and Death of My Brother

by Helen Humphreys

The Hungry Ghosts

by Shyam Selvadurai

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by Michael Crummey

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by Lorna Goodison

Starred review The Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry

by Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron, eds.

The Ends of the Earth

by Jacqueline Turner

Letter from Brooklyn

by Jacob Scheier

White Piano

by Nicole Brossard; Robert Majzels and Erín Moure, trans.

Red Doc>

by Anne Carson

Starred review For as Far as the Eye Can See

by Robert Melançon; Judith Cowan, trans.

Exile at Last: Selected Poems

by Chava Rosenfarb; Goldie Morgentaler, ed.

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Books for Young People

Little Jack Horner Live from the Corner

by Helaine Becker; Mike Boldt,illus.

What the Snakes Wrote

by Hazel Hutchins; Tina Holdcroft, illus.

The New Normal

by Ashley Little

Truths I Learned from Sam

by Kristin Butcher

Power Play

by Eric Walters

Taking the Reins

by Dayle Campbell Gaetz

Quicksilver

by R.J. Anderson

The Gypsy King

by Maureen Fergus

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Mover and Shaker
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Dave Bidini
Hail hero
Lesley Livingston
Giving new life to old tales
Picnicface
National lampooning

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