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"What begins as a lighthearted story ... quickly turns into a nuanced and deeply felt graphic novel about disability and the complexity of relationships," writes Gabrielle Drolet about @boumerie's The Jellyfish (Pow Pow Press): mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-je…

In When the Lake Burns (Conundrum Press), Geneviève Bigué "explores the precarity of both our natural and social ecosystems through the eyes of adolescent wonder and curiosity," writes Alexandra: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/when-t…

The strength of nour abi-nakhoul's Supplication (Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚) "lies in its emulation of pain as a mood or feeling – of being inside a suffering mind," writes Emma Dollery: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/suppli…

Walter Scott's The Wendy Award (Drawn & Quarterly) is "a continuation of a series that has shone an unsparing light on the contemporary art world," writes Ian McGillis: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-we…

For Montreal Review of Books I wrote a few words about my dearly departed friend and colleague Robyn Fadden Robyn Fadden. It's focused on her writing and cultural presence, though some elements of our personal friendship crept in. Miss you Robyn. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/robyn-fadden-r…

“Bell’s unique style is a mix of geometric and organic shapes, which you could stare at for hours on end and still discover something new,” writes OceanDinosaur (she/they) 🏳️‍🌈 about Marc Bell's new book: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/raw-se…

It Really Is “calls to mind the thoughts that spiral around one’s head when the sun starts setting mere hours into the day,” writes Sasha Khalimonova about Cole Degestein's new graphic novel: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/it-rea…

“Much of Processing feels like therapy, and Booth takes us with her on the journey", writes Emily Raine about Tara Booth new book mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/proces…

“Craig’s text is an urgent request to reconsider the ways in which our society […] promotes the dehumanization and discrimination of young women,” writes Sruti about Mainstreaming Porn mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/mainst…

“Canadian and Montreal history nerds, journalism fans [...] and the literary crowd familiar with Gallant’s straightforward prose and killer wit are all bound to find something to love." Roxane Hudon reviews Montreal Standard Time mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/montre…

In The Great Right North, Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Aurélie Campana, and Samuel Tanner “try to answer the million-dollar question: what is to be done about the far right in Canada?” Read Nora Loreto's review. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-gr…

George Galt’s Line Breaks “is an engaging and humanistic memoir that braids together an autobiographical account of Galt’s own “writing life” with a history of the anglophone Canadian literary scene in the late twentieth century,” writes Adam Hill. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/line-b…

“Told with courage, softened with humour, and delivered with refreshing candour, Hope is a Woman’s Name is a poignant collection of personal essays” writes Brooke Lee about Amal Elsana alhjooj's new book. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/hope-i…

“Chacour’s writing shows a clear poetic sensibility and an admirable formal restraint,” writes Alexandra Sweny about What I Know About You mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/what-i…

“This is a book that hums with high-context, sublingual information, the kind that resists total comprehension joyfully and exactingly,” writes Dani Carter about Val Bah's novel Subterrane. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/subter…

“O’Neill’s own bold and bewitching words, steeped in symbolism, are as exciting to unpack as an epic dream,” writes Kimberly Bourgeois about Heather O'Neill's new book The Capital of Dreams. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-ca…

Nish “will no doubt appeal to readers looking for a tale of Indigenous teenage life that is both realistic and inviting,” writes Dana Bath about Isabelle Pickard's new book. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/nish-n…

“Souaid crafts a story that is both provoking and pacifying,” writes Phoebe Yi Ling about Carolyn Marie Souaid's Looking for Her. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/lookin…

“The Reeds is a love song to Montreal in all of its gritty complexity and contradictions.” Ami Sands Brodoff interviewed Arjun Basu about his new novel mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-re…

“The point is to cut through all the myth and lie and hear from Ellen directly. In this way we can get to the root of the issue.” Read an interview with Ellen Gabriel and Sean Carleton about their new book When The Pine Needles Fall mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/when-t…