ArticlesIssue 85, Fall/Winter 2024-25
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FeaturesPassion for sci-fi and fantasy grew to a publishing house that helps keep books in print
While considering self-publishing some new titles, well-established and award-winning fantasy and sci-fi author Edward Willett ultimately decided to try something even bigger: starting a publishing company. -
Non-FictionThe superhero moment is seen through a critical lens in new anthology
Superheroes are having an extended “moment” with big-budget screen adaptations since the explosive growth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) starting in 2008. Not all are critical or commercial successes. But as the editors of a new academic anthology show, at least one superhero’s exploits provide plenty of food for thought. -
Non-FictionEssays ranging from satirical to personal explore messiness of the world
Can an attitude of ambivalence help us navigate the complexities of human experience? This is the central question addressed by James Yékú’s Ambivalent Encounters and Other Essays, a collection that explores the complicated and often fraught relationships that make up the tapestry of what it means to exist in a quickly-evolving world. -
Non-FictionHistory, function of Winnipeg Police Service held up for examination, critique
James Wilt has spent the last several years researching and writing about the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS), and his book Dogged and Destructive: Essays on the Winnipeg Police gathers both new and previously published essays written from late 2023 to early 2024. -
Non-FictionOne incarcerated woman’s experience illuminates legal and theoretical issues
Robin Hansen already knew that in most legal jurisdictions in Canada, a child born to an incarcerated woman is automatically separated from their mother at birth. However, this really hit home when in 2016 she received a phone call from “Jacquie,” an Indigenous woman serving a custodial prison sentence who was weeks away from giving birth. -
Young Adult/ChildrenResearch grows into graphic novel following 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous hockey player
Albert McLeod, together with Elaine Mordoch, Sonya Ballantyne, and illustrator Alice RL, have created Between the Pipes, a YA graphic novel about a 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous hockey player named Chase, who is struggling to come to terms with his identity, and how the Elders in Chase’s community and their cultural teachings play a vital role in supporting him. -
Les photographies servent de fenêtres, d’échos de mots dans ce premier recueil de poésie
Foncer vers la côte Ouest et transmettre sa beauté et son mystère en vers instinctifs et rythmés – c’est ce qu’a réussi le poète d’origine suisse Gaspard Amée avec son premier recueil Sasamat, dont le titre évoque un lac situé à proximité de Port Moody en Colombie-Britannique. -
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Photographs serve as windows, echoes of text in debut poetry collection
To transmit the beauty and mystery of the West Coast in instinctive and rhythmic verse – this is what the Swiss-born poet Gaspard Amée manages to achieve with his first collection of poetry Sasamat, whose title evokes a lake located near Port Moody in British Columbia. -
En FrançaisPoèmes et histoires évoquent des émotions sincères dans un mélange littéraire et visuel
Quatre autrices de l’Ouest partagent à cœur ouvert ce qui les inspire dans un nouveau recueil de poésie, conte et récits, À cœur ouvert : Quatre voix au féminin de l’Ouest canadien. -
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Poems, stories evoke heartfelt emotion in mix of literature and visuals
Four Western Canadian women writers open their hearts in a new collection of poems and stories called À cœur ouvert: Quatre voix au féminin de l’Ouest Canadien.
