Exceptional art is a bruise: it leaves its mark on you. At its best it leaves us vulnerable and raw, transformed by the experience. At […]
December 5, 2018
M_____ is dying of cancer. Only thirty-two, an extra with a meagre list of credits to their name and afraid of being forgotten, M_____ starts […]
June 11, 2012
Canada in the twenty-first century is a place of growth and expansion. Cities like Vancouver and Toronto have become world-class destinations for business and tourism. […]
June 11, 2012
You wake up, and your sister is dead. With an absent father and a chronically ill mother, sisters Darcy and Carly Nolan were forced to […]
June 11, 2012
Rebee Shore’s life is fragmented. She’s forever on the move, ricocheting around Alberta, guided less than capably by her dysfunctional mother Elizabeth. The Shore Girl […]
June 11, 2012
Absurdity reigns in multiple award-winning author and playwright Clem Martini’s newest collection of work, Martini with a Twist—five plays spanning twenty years of Martini’s career, […]
May 15, 2012
The elders in Those Who Know have devoted their lives to preserving the wisdom and spirituality of their ancestors. Despite insult and oppression, they have […]
May 1, 2012
BEAUTIFUL old phonograph for sale. 78 record player. Excellent condition. Gladys doesn’t dance anymore. She needs the room to bake. Bring offer. Ph. 254-9885. 27-year-old […]
April 15, 2012
the one clear way to raise the dead may be to absolve the living How do you rebuild a life? In this unsentimental collection of […]
April 1, 2012
this tender wound is my missing your body, standing on a lake shore with the sun at my back we meet in the wet heat […]
March 15, 2012
When Deirdre invited me to the baby shower I just thawed the gopher in the microwave, turned it inside out, scraped it clean, and stuffed […]
October 15, 2011
In this collection of essays edited by the University of Guelph’s Smaro Kamboureli, Roy Miki—poet, scholar, and member of the Order of Canada—investigates the shifting […]
October 1, 2011
For academics David and Claire, playing detective turns out to be harder than it looks… David Sanders is a penniless poet struggling to hold onto […]
September 15, 2011
Garry Ryan follows up Smoked with his most revelatory Detective Lane mystery yet. While under investigation by the Calgary Police Department, Lane finds himself fighting […]
September 1, 2011
I know why Mr. Giacomo wants Rose’s baby and why he can’t have him. And I want to make sure none of this is forgotten. […]
May 1, 2011
Betrayal is an ugly yet compulsive game. Joelle is about to lose her husband Marc, who has become obsessed with Ketia, a young Haitian woman. […]
April 15, 2011
What is real when seen through the eyes of a child? When does the harshness of reality transform idyllic memories? The young narrator of Santa […]
April 1, 2011
Gangson is about aesthetics and culture, both personal and impersonal. It’s about language and politics, and the politics of language. Gangson is also about violence. […]
March 15, 2011
Why is magic still a secret in Edmonton? Good PR. Psychic Anna Gareua and public relations expert Collie Kostyna keep things quiet for local magicians […]
October 8, 2010
Visually influenced by the dense forested landscape of British Columbia, Baba Yaga and the Wolf tells the story of Katerina and the journey she takes […]