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Volume 13, No. 1

features

Because I Have Loved And Hidden It
By Fiona O'Connor

Heading South
By Kimberly Bourgeois

fiction

A Very Bold Leap
Reviewed by Lorraine Ouimet

Animals
Reviewed by Dimitri Nasrallah

Cecil And Jordan In New York
Reviewed by Correy Baldwin

Fall
Reviewed by Ian McGillis

Iced Under
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Short Accounts Of Tragic Occurrences
Reviewed by Christopher Olson

The Brutal Telling
Reviewed by Elspeth Redmond

The Hipless Boy
Reviewed by Correy Baldwin

The Mountain Clinic
Reviewed by Mélanie Grondin

Valley Of Fire
Reviewed by Louise Fabiani

fiction at a glance

Fences In Breathing
Reviewed by Aparna Sanyal

The Fixer-upper
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

non-fiction

America's Gift: What The World Owes To The Americas And Their First Inhabitants
Reviewed by Raquel Rivera

Babies For The Nation: The Medicalization Of Motherhood In Quebec 1910-1970
Reviewed by Kate Forrest

Canada's Game: Hockey And Identity
Reviewed by Ted Smith

Done With Slavery: The Black Fact In Montreal 1760 - 1840
Reviewed by Dr. Dorothy Williams

The Black Book Of Canadian Foreign Policy
Reviewed by Brian Campbell

What's To Eat? Entrees In Canadian Food History
Reviewed by Anne Chudobiak

non-fiction at a glance

Ghost Tracks: Surprising Stories Of The Supernatural On Rails
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Swallowtail Calling: A Naturalist Dreams Of Grand Manan Island
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

poetry

Passenger Flight
Reviewed by Dr. Bert Almon

Penned
Reviewed by Dr. Bert Almon

Pure Product
Reviewed by Dr. Bert Almon

Rutting Season
Reviewed by Dr. Bert Almon

This Way Out
Reviewed by Dr. Bert Almon

young readers

A Wizard In Love
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Bird Child
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Far From Home
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Junkyard Dog
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Lord Of The Sky
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Proud As A Peacock, Brave As A Lion
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

The Banana Story Of Agony
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

The Middle Of Everywhere
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Walking Backward
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

When Wishes Come True
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Heading South

Sleeping Beauty And The Kiss Of Port-au-prince

By Kimberly Bourgeois

New Document It's 3 p.m. sharp when Dany Laferrière walks into La Bohême on St-Denis, the precise hour we'd agreed to meet and disc... READ MORE

Because I Have Loved And Hidden It

By Fiona O'Connor

New Document St-Laurent Boulevard's Salon b is a second-story café which overlooks a funeral home. It is strangely fitting that I m... READ MORE

New Document We wish to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage and SOCEC for their generous support, without which this publication would not exist.

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