Book reviews
Nocturne: On the Life and Death of My Brother
by Helen Humphreys
The Hungry Ghosts
by Shyam Selvadurai
Under the Keel
by Michael Crummey
Supplying Salt and Light
by Lorna Goodison
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
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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Author profiles
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- Kim Thúy
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- Dave Bidini
- Hail hero
- Lesley Livingston
- Giving new life to old tales
- Picnicface
- National lampooning
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