Our annual Creative Non-fiction Contest is now open for submissions! You have until July 31, 2021 (extended deadline) to send us your finest and truest stories—from essays to memoirs, literary journalism and beyond! We are honoured to have Marcos Gonsalez...
The Lights of PragueNicole JarvisPenguin Random House, 2021 Review by Nikki H. The Lights of Prague is a standalone historical fantasy written by Nicole Jarvis. This debut novel tells the story of Domek, a monster hunter known as a...
Interview by Uche Umezurike KB’s poetry shimmers with a playfulness that veils the scars and struggles of a poet who refuses to be defined by the politics of propriety and respectability. Each poem raises a fist against gender binary, emphasizes...
The Pine IslandsMarion PoschmannTranslation by Jen CallejaCoach House Books, 2020 Review by Kris Rothstein It is with a nod to Kafka that something absurd and unforeseen happens to Gilbert Silvester in the opening scene of The Pine Islands: a...
Interview by David Ly 2021 Dayne Oglivie finalist jaye simpson’s debut it was never going to be okay explores intergenerational trauma, queerness, and Indigeneity through intimate and raw poetry and prose. What follows is a conversation between jaye and...
The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak Grace Lau Guernica, 2021 Review by Kate Gorton If it were possible to titrate Grace Lau’s stunning poetry debut down to one line from one poem, this would come closest: “Where is me?”...
Interview by jaz papadopoulos Rios de la Luz’s debut novella, Itzá (Broken River Books, 2017), tells the story of a young water witch, Marisol, and explores trauma, healing, and growth. jaz papadopoulos: First, I want to say that I...
Interview by Uche UmezurikePhoto Credit: City of Edmonton Nisha Patel’s debut poetry collection, Coconut (NeWest Press, 2021), resounds as a metaphoric laugh in the face of strictures and resists the lure of propriety. Through poetry as expansive as it...
Our annual Creative Non-fiction Contest is officially open for submissions. We look forward to reading your best true stories—from essays to memoirs, to literary journalism and beyond! We are delighted to announce that Marcos Gonsalez is this year’s contest...