“Little Fish” by Casey Plett
June 9, 2018
Final Rating : 8.5/10 A bittersweet, moving story set in Winnipeg, Casey Plett’s new novel Little Fish follows Wendy Reimer over the course of a few weeks in November and December, as her life comes…
“Meanwhile, Elsewhere” by Fitzpatrick & Plett
September 13, 2017
“Science fiction is metaphor,” wrote Ursula K Le Guin, “what sets it apart from older forms of fiction seems to be it’s use of new metaphors.” Meanwhile, Elsewhere is packed with these kinds of new…
5 Books for your Summer Reading List
May 22, 2017
It was a long dreary winter, but along with longer evenings, patio beers and baseball on the radio comes summer. And while I don’t know about you, summer is when I get the bulk of…
Baseball Life Advice by Stacey May Fowles
April 30, 2017
Everyone’s drawn to sports for different reasons. For some people, it’s a thing to watch at the bar while waiting on friends, but for others it’s something they hold close to their heart. Maybe you…
“Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones” by Torrey Peters
December 3, 2016
There’s many ways a relationship can go to hell. People fight, argue and rage. People start off liking each other, but when things go sour, sometimes they go out of their way to wreck their…
Michael Jackson: Rewind – Daryl Easlea
November 14, 2016
There was a period where Michael Jackson was something actually like what the king of pop would be. Between 1984 and 1994, he was ubiquitous. I was young back then, but even I remember how…
Born to Run: Bruce Springsteen
October 22, 2016
The other day, word dropped of Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize and almost immediately Twitter lit up. Either Dylan deserved it because he’s great or he didn’t because he’s overrated. But a third option was the…
When you think about it, Bruce Springsteen is kind of the person you want a rock star to be. He’s been making music for a good 45 years now and still seems as earnest and…
Angel Catbird (2016)
September 20, 2016
Last weekend Margaret Atwood was a special guest at Fan Expo Canada. Yes, that Margaret Atwood. The celebrated Canadian novelist has been more open to “geek culture” in the last few years and the massive…