mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Read the rest of this review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/and-... @guernicaeditions.bsky.social 031
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Village Dreams offers a space to read as a way of dreaming, waking up, and falling into dreams again." Read the rest of this review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/vill... @guernicaeditions.bsky.social 021
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Gina Leola Woolsey in conversation with Natalie Doonan. Check out the rest of this feature at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/eati... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social 011
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026"The novel’s defining trait is its Technicolor catalogue of hard-boiled slang, an ambitious feat in and of itself." Evie Faber reviews 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Read the rest of this review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../numb-the... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026"Asha in Her Garden is an extremely readable novel, which ultimately speaks to the power of art and representation." Priscilla Jolly reviews 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯. Read the rest of the review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/asha... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"Queyras invites us to see the friendlier and more human side of poems; also, that they are not (always) the intimidating, cryptic riddles bent on making you look and feel dumb..." Read the rest of this feature at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../on-occas... @coachhousebooks.bsky.social 031
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Read the rest of the review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../black-ac... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"...the author’s understated prose shines most when it depicts Leila reflecting on diasporic identity, exile, dispossession, and how love can be a powerful form of resistance." Krystale Tremblay-Moll reviews 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘢 & 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/leil... @houseofanansi.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"These reflections speak to the strange frictions we might see between people in our lives or in wider society." Becks Simpson reviews 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘯. Read the rest of the review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../anon-the... @harpercollins.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026"The collection, the latest from Nanaimo’s poet laureate, is preoccupied with water in all its forms and absences..."Paisley Conrad reviews 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. Read the rest of this review, featured in our poetry round-up, at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/empt... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/what... 010
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"The greatest strength of this book, one of many new publications blending elements of science fiction, fantasy, and romance, is Tremblay’s evocative portrayal of art addiction. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/lave... @ecwpress.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"There is an honesty without eloquence that risks feeling underwritten, but is also revelatory about the difficulties of serious accidents, disability, and recovery." India Das-Brown reviews 𝘛𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../trying-u... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"There is something distinctly musical in Schönmaier’s pacing and lineation: a languid, patient attentiveness that allows her slender lines to echo and reverberate." Read the rest of this review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/rush... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social 011
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Read the rest of this review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../little-m... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Read the rest of this review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/wave... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"MacLeod delivers a nostalgic portrait of a time he perceives as more idealistic and politically active than today’s mainstream pop music. Oriana Confente reviews 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬." Read the rest of this review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../100-scul... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"...the author shows a deep-rooted love and affinity for Montreal: its architecture, its history, its outcasts and iconoclasts." Ian McGillis reviews 𝘖𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘴 & 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/opio... @dandq.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2026"...Kellough deftly suggests that the violences underpinning twenty-first century digital culture are extensions and mutations of older structures of domination, racism, and dispossession..." Paisley Conrad reviews 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. Read the rest of this review: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/inte... 010
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Read the rest of this review in our round-up for young readers at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Read the rest of Elise Moser's review of 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘱 at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/mind... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026"Chance encounters might not seem to belong together at first, but they pair well thanks to Garlick’s curation..." Oriana Confente reviews 100 𝘚𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. Read the rest of this review, part of our double feature on photo-books, at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../100-scul... 000
Reposted by @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.socialToula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I thoroughly enjoyed Guy Rodgers’ book which explores the stories of English-speaking communities in Quebec and would urge folks to read it. It goes beyond oversimplified narrow narratives. It was a pleasure to read and review for the Montreal Review of Books. mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/what...mtlreviewofbooks.caWhat We Choose to Forget • Montreal Review of BooksThe immensely readable book is for anyone trying to understand Quebec a little better. 2132
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Read the rest of this review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/char... @dandq.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 18/07/2026"Karpinski writes toward motion; these are poems that seem to ask to be read while moving through the world..." Paisley Conrad reviews 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘺. Read the rest of this review, featured in our poetry round-up, at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/late... 022
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Read the rest of this review in our round-up for young readers at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/befo... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 is at its best in its vivid descriptions of the city’s neighbourhoods, as well as the anxieties and uncertainties of the Montreal musician lifestyle." Read the rest of the review by Alexander Hackett at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-... 001
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Read India Das-Brown reviewing 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/tryi... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Read the rest of our review for 𝘉𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘺 at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/bewa... @dandq.bsky.social 010
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Read the rest of this review, part of our poetry round-up at the following link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/qaf-... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Read the rest of the review from our round-up for young readers: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/thin... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Our summer issue is out! Stay tuned for updates on what we have featured in the latest issue! 010
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../quebecs-... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../letters-... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social 011
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/meta... @dandq.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026"The collection is a masterclass in grounded storytelling." Esinam Beckley reviews 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-... @dandq.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../cannibal... 010
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 06/05/2026"...this is not merely a book for writers: it’s for anyone who is willing to explore the human condition, with all of its curious idiosyncrasies." Brooke Lee reviews 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘖𝘯. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/how-... 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 05/05/2026"The Weight echoes Steinbeck’s themes – portraying people who long to escape systemic cycles of hardship and abuse, yet find themselves inevitably drawn back into them." Heather Leighton reviews 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-... @dandq.bsky.social 072
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/befo... @dundurnpress.bsky.social 033
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/ther... @llpmtl.bsky.social 011
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026"...offers a positive message about normalizing the need to reach out for help, all while giving children a tool to help manage their own feelings and fears .." Tina Wayland reviews 𝘔𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘈 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘦. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/my-m... @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social 011
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Read the rest here: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../what-has... @effervescentvoid.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social 010
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/phys... @powpowpress.bsky.social 010
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 25/04/2026"...carries the reader from prehistoric Spain to ancient Greece, from the bellies of ships to the wilderness of remote islands and mysterious kingdoms." Roxane Hudon reviews 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-... @llpmtl.bsky.social 011
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 24/04/2026"...offers a positive message that helps to demystify public transit." Tina Wayland reviews 𝘔𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘴. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/my-s... @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social 000
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/porn... @concordiapress.bsky.social 010
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2026"Decorated throughout with Biesinger’s stark but vivid work, the book is mainly aimed at illustrators and designers." Our editor Malcolm Fraser reviews 9 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘺 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘖𝘧𝘧. Read here: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/.../9-times-... @dandq.bsky.social @raymondbiesinger.bsky.social 021
mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/all-... @xiaoxuanhuang.bsky.social 000
