PreviewsIssue 87, Fall/Winter 2025/26
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The Beaver Manifesto
Conservation, Conflict, and the Future of Wetlands
Glynnis Hood
Beavers are beloved by conservationists for the way they create and maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems, but they often clash with urban and industrial development. Hood explores this conflict and calls for a fundamental shift in how people approach environmental conflicts, in this revised edition, with additions that highlight advancements in research and knowledge.
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The Bond That Burns (Standard Edition)
A Novel
Briar Boleyn
Half-fae Medra Pendragon has survived her first year at the Bloodwing Academy, but the danger continues in this follow-up to On Wings of Blood. Medra’s betrothal to vampire Blake Drakharrow now means she is his only blood source, and on top of that, she has woken up a powerful dragon that she needs to learn to control.
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the book of sentences
rob mclennan
A catalogue of images, a mash-up of fragments of daily observations, pop culture, historical and current events, weather, medical appointments, pandemic experiences, and more – these poems present language as landscape, using the vocabulary of linguistics in witty and tender meditations, odes, elegies, and occasional poetry.
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The Butcher’s Daughter
The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett
David Demchuk, Corinne Leigh Clark
This atmospheric and gruesome historical thriller sees Victorian journalist Emily Gibson compiling correspondence – most notably with Margaret Evans, the titular butcher’s daughter – news reports, excerpts from Freemason history books, and other documents, piecing together the story of the infamous Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd’s accomplice who baked men into pies and sold them on Fleet Street.
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The Cat Laughs
Louise Carson
The eighth book of the Maples Mystery series sees Gerry Coneybear caring for her newborn baby, dealing with writer’s block, and taking on an internship at Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts, all while still wrangling her 19 cats. Then the mysteries pile up – thefts from local shops and private homes, the suspicious death of a homeless man, and eerie messages from beyond.
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The Chorus Beneath Our Feet
Melanie Schnell
After eight years away in Afghanistan, Jes brings the body of his fellow soldier home for burial, to find that his sister, Mary, who has not spoken since she was 12, is missing and wanted for questioning by the police in connection with the murder of a baby in the city’s central park, which is about to be demolished. Jes follows obscure clues, gradually uncovering mysteries of how the Harron Tree in the park is connected to his sister, their childhood, and the community’s dark past.
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The Cull
Michele Riml, Michael St. John Smith
Three couples gather to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of one of them, and they discuss marriage, money, climate change, and human nature, along the way discovering their true values and how they’ve been hidden, compromised, challenged and cherished.
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The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham
Ryan James Black
Twelve-year-old Nimble Nottingham and his beloved dog Winnie are living on the streets of London during the Second World War when his precarious existence takes an even darker turn – he unknowingly unleashes a monster from beneath the Gravenhurst Manor. Can Nim, Mouse (a member of the local street gang called the Dead End Kids), and a band of unattended kids end the reign of terror?
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The Discovery of Finnegan Wilde
Caroline Pignat
Part adventure, part mystery, this engaging novel of self-discovery follows both 15-year-old Finn, who lives on the streets of Dublin when she isn’t trapped in the Woodhall Workhouse, and young archaeological scholar Eddie Moore. When Finn steals a journal from Eddie’s father, the two (after much resistance) join forces in a search through historical record and local lands to find Finn’s connection to the almost indecipherable manuscript written by a monk in the ninth century – the key to Finn’s family history and to the legendary Cauldron of Plenty.
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The First Thousand Trees
Premee Mohamed
This luminous novella concludes the trilogy started with The Annual Migration of Clouds. Henryk Mandrusiak, ostracized in his community and without his best friend, Reid, goes to live with his uncle in a distant village with trees and water and a different way of living, rebuilding the land bit by bit. But even here, he does not belong, and small mistakes have big consequences.
