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Review of Agnes, Murderess by Sarah Leavitt

Review of Agnes, Murderess by Sarah Leavitt

Agnes, Murderess By Sarah Leavitt Freehand Books 288 Pages, $30.00 Deep in the woods of Northern British Columbia, Agnes McVee makes men disappear. But Sarah Leavitt starts her reimagining of the hair-raising South Cariboo legend far across a continent and an ocean....

Review of Trembling River by Andrée A. Michaud

Review of Trembling River by Andrée A. Michaud

Trembling River By Andrée A. Michaud Translated by J.C. Sutcliffe Arachnide 403 Pages, $23.00 Marnie Duchamp’s father and Billie Richard’s father have nothing in common except being tied to people who have seemingly vanished into thin air. August 1979: Micheal...

Review of Hellgoing By Lynn Coady

Review of Hellgoing By Lynn Coady

Hellgoing By Lynn Coady House of Anansi 240 Pages, $20.00 Lynn Coady’s collection of short stories takes pleasure in uncertainty, teasing a reader with twisting plots and characters entangled in miscommunications, errors, and snap judgements. These nine stories detail...

Normal Women: An Excerpt from Ainslie Hogarth

Normal Women: An Excerpt from Ainslie Hogarth

Room's winter issue 46.4 FEVER DREAM is open for pre-orders until Dec 15th. Gracing this issue is Ainslie Hogarth's commissioned story "Bad Egg," a story about power, obsession, and two characters alone in a mansion during an apocalyptic storm. While you wait for...

“New and Gently Used Hijab,” by  Sahar Mustafah

“New and Gently Used Hijab,” by Sahar Mustafah

First published in ROOM 39.1: WOMEN OF COLOUR, Sahar Mustafah’s fiction is a balm we return to this week. As we continue to amplify Palestinian voices, we urge our readers to demand a ceasefire and learn more about actions to take in solidarity with Palestine.  ...

Making Moccasins

Making Moccasins

“Making Moccasins” is the Third Place Winner for Room’s 2023 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Of this piece, judge Tajja Isen writes: This is a blazing, deeply felt essay about pregnancy, miscarriage, and family-making. As well as being a moving act of remembrance, the...

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