Judith Fitzgerald reviewed Margaret Christakos's new book of poetry, Welling, recently for the Globe & Mail. She wrote, 'An accomplished yet intransigently tricksy wordworker for life, Christakos wisely hews, with unswerving urgency and subtle majesty, to William Carlos Williams's dictum, "If it ain't a pleasure, it ain't a poem." It's a pleasure.'

To read the full review, visit the Globe & Mail's website.

Chad Pelley of Salty Ink reviewed The Good News About Armageddon by Steve McOrmond on August 28th. He wrote, 'his 2010 release, The Good News About Armageddon, is a great, and, distinctive collection of poetry... these are poems that tackle contemporary crises, but with a sort of matter-of-factness that is quite powerful and, impressively, never trite... Cynical, though not without comedy.'

To read a full review, visit Salty Ink's website.

The Globe & Mail reviewed Michelle Berry's short story collection I Still Don't Even Know You on August 19th. Candace Fertile, the reviewer, wrote, 'I Still Don't Even Know You combines style and substance for a richly rewarding experience.'

To read the full review, visit the Globe & Mail's website.

Katia Grubisic reviewed Fraser Sutherland's latest collection of poetry for the Globe & Mail recently. She said:

"In The Philosophy of As If, Sutherland again works with the habits and motifs that have marked his work - distance, logophilia; a toying with vernacular to see how far it bends. Sutherland's strength is this deceptive simiplicity, a verbal clarity and concision that come from his long pracitice of observation, a life well inked."

To read the full review, visit the Globe & Mail's website.

A brief but sweet mention of Garry Gottfriedson's Skin Like Mine in the summer issue of Prairie Books Now:

"The poems in Gottfriedson's latest collection are politically potent, culturally contemporary, and sensually seductive, as images of crows, sky, dance, and horses work to touch the surface of and get beneath our various scarred and weathered skins."

AJ Somerset's new novel, Combat Camera, set to be released from Biblioasis next month, was reviewed by Claire Cameron in the July/August issue of Quill & Quire:

"... Zane is a rambling, tragic, and surprisingly funny figure, and his tragic circumstances take on a strange kind of beauty. What this novel successfully shows is the way in which art can exist in the midst of mayhem."

John Cunningham recently reviewed Hymn by John Barton for an issue of Arc poetry magazine. Cunningham concluded, 'This is a powerful book by Barton, one well worth reading.'

To read the full review, go here.

The Afterword, the National Post's book blog, featured Biblioasis' book The End of the Ice Age by Terrance Young in its 'Buy it or Skip it' feature recently, recommending readers buy it.

Reviewer Julian Gunn of the Victoria Times Colonist said this about the short story collection: '... they move confidently, their pacing is swift and they tend to be strongest when the material is most difficult. The almost elegiac tone suits the long suffering of its characters, left beautifully understated.' 

To read the full review, visit the Afterword's website.