Writings / Reviews: Amanda Tripp
Short Fiction Review
The Iron Bridge
by Anton Piatigorsky
Goose Lane Editions
272 pages, $19.95
Is the seed of future evils planted in children before they have even had a chance to grow? Do tyrants share qualities that are fundamental...
Writings / Reviews: Candace Fertile
Fiction Reviews
The Harem
by Safia Fazlul,
Toronto, ON: TSAR, 2012
180 pp, $20.95
Safia Fazlul tackles the huge issue of contrasting cultures in her debut novel, The Harem . The narrator and main character, Farina, tries desperately...
Writings / Reviews: E.E. Sule
Fiction Review
Blood Will Call
by Sola Osofisan
Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2012
131pp, $10.99
Sola Osofisan’s Blood Will Call is a 131-page collection of ten short stories. The stories are thematically linked, mainly concerned with the private a...
Writings / Reviews: George Elliott Clarke
Poetry, Biography, Public Discourse and Fiction Reviews
Distillo
by Basma Kavanagh
Kentville, NS: Gaspereau, 2012
96 pp., $20
Deepwater Vee
by Melanie Siebert
Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 2010
96 pp., $19
Distillo...
Writings / Reviews: Janet Nicol
Biography Review
Journey With No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page
by Sandra Djwa
Montreal, QC: McGill-Queen’s, 2012
424 pages, $40
This epic biography of Patricia Kathleen Page is a fine example of Canadian literary history and serves as a...