Arab Heritage Month Statement and Reading List 2026

April 2026 marks the fourth year since Arab Heritage Month was enacted to the House of Commons of Canada in 2022 under Bill C-232, dedicating the month to acknowledging the histories, cultures, and contributions of Arab Canadians. This Arab Heritage Month, we at Room...
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Review of women & roosters by Fenn Stewart

women & roosters by Fenn Stewart Book*hug Press 80 pages $23 Fenn Stewart’s second collection of poetry, women & roosters, unfolds as a single long poem that circles around themes of climate change, loneliness, and our relationships with one another and the...
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Review of To Place a Rabbit by Madhur Anand

To Place a Rabbit by Madhur Anand Knopf Canada 240 pages $33 The phrase “to place a rabbit”—poser un lapin—translates as “to commit to doing something but not show up for it.” Doubling as the title of Madhur Anand’s debut novel, the expression at once captures the...
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Review of Here by Heidi Wicks

Here by Heidi Wicks Breakwater Books 232 pages $23 In Heidi Wicks’ Here, home is not a person; it is the legacy of those who once inhabited the spaces that shape us, even if we’ve never met them. From a twentieth-century aristocratic couple to a COVID-19-era dance...
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