ArticlesIssue 85, Fall/Winter 2024-25
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FictionNew mystery series to follow Imogene Durant through cities across the globe
In Victor & Me in Paris, the first in the new Imogene Durant Mystery series by Edmonton writer Janice MacDonald, retired academic Imogene Durant heads to Paris – with beloved French writer Victor Hugo as her guide – to read and to work on a followup to her notable book Fyodor & Me in Russia. -
Novella’s experimental approach shows the world through Kid’s eyes
Harman Burns’s arresting debut, the novella Yellow Barks Spider, is an experimental trans Bildungsroman that follows the protagonist, Kid, through childhood and adolescence into adulthood. -
FictionShort story collection explores the concept of fear itself
Everyone is afraid of something. It could be as grand as a meteor striking Earth and ending life as we know it. Or it could be as small as a spider crawling across the bottom of a bathtub. For most sensible people, it’s clowns, which are somewhere in the middle. -
PoetryPoet/scientist shows her mind’s workings with OCD in various forms
Samantha Jones is a poet and earth/ocean scientist with OCD and a deep commitment to whimsy. “I think play and whimsy are so important for innovation, whether in poetry or science,” says the Calgary-based writer. -
PoetryCollection is a ‘love letter for anyone who feels ostracized’
What started off as a university portfolio project has become Bret Crowle’s debut collection of poetry, Jesus Is a Voyeur. “Honestly, it feels simultaneously surreal, unreal, and too real. The idea of publishing a book has been a dream of mine since I was young,” she says. -
DramaPlaywrights float through time, illuminate Métis story from Laurence’s work
In The Diviners, adapted from Margaret Laurence’s classic Canadian novel, playwrights Vern Thiessen and Yvette Nolan focus on the adult Morag Gunn – a novelist with writer’s block who is estranged from her daughter, Pique, and who struggles with alcoholism. -
FeaturesCollection explores building peace through transforming perspectives
Arizona State University scholars Yasmin Saikia, a professor of history and the Hardt-Nickachos Endowed Chair in Peace Studies, and Chad Haines, a professor of religious studies and Senior Global Futures Scholar, are the editors of the timely collection On Othering: Processes and Politics of Unpeace. -
Commitment to ethical world view common thread in short fiction pieces
“I could barely write down the stories fast enough; it quickly became clear to me that I had a short fiction collection on my hands,” says Toronto author Aaron Kreuter about his intense, thought-provoking new volume of stories, Rubble Children: Seven and a Half Stories. -
FeaturesSpeculative fiction anthology a ‘stage on which Palestinian writers could shine’
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction is a powerful collection of works curated by writer and editor Sonia Sulaiman. The anthology features 14 short stories from the Palestinian diaspora featuring authors from all over the world, including Canada, Australia, and Lebanon. -
FeaturesHistorical novel grew from a father’s secret double life in WWII
When Vancouver-based author Genni Gunn’s mother moved house, she found a cache of her late husband’s wartime documents, which disclosed that he had been in the Special Operations Executive in Italy during the Second World War, aiding the Allies.
