Book Review
Dec 18
Kaitlin McNabb
| Book reviews! Get your book reviews here! We reviewed numerous books in the book lounge this year and here are a few of the standouts. |
Book Review
Dec 11
Amira Elghawaby
| Harperism has been sweeping Canada! You know that blend of neoliberal politics, mixed with swift denial and blatant lies. How did we get here, and more importantly, will we ever get out? |
Book Review
Dec 4
Daniel Tseghay
| Kinder Morgan. Enbridge. Keystone. TransCanada. These companies and Big Business threaten our planet. What will you do about it? |
Book Review
Nov 27
Emma Morgan-Thorp
| Are Canadian writers defined by their Canadianness? What is the genre of CanLit even defined as any more? Who should you read? Eliza Robertson answers all these questions and more! |
Book Review
Nov 20
Michelle Reid
| Access to abortion is a right in Canada. While we do have an active anti-abortion minority in Canada, pro-choice people are also guilty of silencing women's choices at times. Why? |
Book Review
Nov 13
Tiana Reid
| Dionne Brand's new novel 'Love Enough' does not disappoint. The constantly moving city is the backdrop to the characters that swirl all around in various incantations of love. What can love endure? |
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Nov 6
Justin Podur
| What happens when a detective novel moves beyond the regular narrative of police and criminal and the law, and looks at the political context? You get 'The Demands of the Dead'. |
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Oct 30
Nathaniel G. Moore
| Canadian poetry and activism mix? You bet! 'From the Poplars' puts a spotlight on B.C. history and the Qayqayt First Nation in this call to arms for environmental consciousness. |
Book Review
Oct 23
Geoff Martin
| The production and consumption of news is a fundamental liberal democracy. So what happens when one of Canada's richest families owns all the papers in New Brunswick? |
Book Review
Oct 16
Aparna Sanyal
| Is Nelly's madness a product of herself or of the absolutes in a world she is forced to inhabit? In this newly translated novel, readers ponder to whom Nelly's suicide note is really addressed. |
Book Review
Oct 9
Paula Mallea
| What can be done and what is being done in Canada to move on from the failed "War on Drugs"? Paula Mallea discusses better alternatives in this excerpt. |
Book Review
Oct 2
Brad Hornick
| Is the battle over the tar sands the most urgent battle of the environmental movement? Well, yes! Here's why. |
Book Review
Sep 25
Daniel Tseghay
| Tings Chak illustrates moments of resistance and struggle within migrant detention centres in Canada. Based on discussions with detainees, these drawings and text reveal these spaces of incarceration. |
Book Review
Sep 18
J.W. Horton
| Need a little commiepunk, dieselpunk literary fiction in your hands? We've got just what you need. |
Book Review
Sep 11
Mehreen Shahid
| What can two potatoes teach us about human rights? A lot more than you think! In these uniquely Canadian children's books, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is made accessible to kids. |