We continue to honour and stand alongside the Palestinian people, who resist the ongoing colonization of their lands, apartheid, and genocide perpetuated by “Israel”. As we sit with the ongoing violences in which we are all inextricably implicated, we are sitting with...
Wellwater by Karen Solie House of Anansi Press 112 pages $23 Sardonic, perceptive, and unrelenting, the poems in Karen Solie’s Wellwater carry the same attention to the materiality of everyday life that define much of her earlier works. This timely sixth collection...
Blockade by Christine Lowther Caitlin Press 210 pages $26 “The title of the book in your hands is meant as a verb,” declares poet and activist Christine Lowther of her recent memoir, Blockade. In this, her second memoir, Lowther details her experiences with the...
Naomi's Houses by Rosalie I. Tennison Heritage House 288 pages $27 Naomi’s Houses, the first full-length publication by agricultural journalist Rosalie I. Tennison, reads as a clear-eyed love letter to her mother, the eponymous Naomi. The story opens during the...
Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn Arsenal Pulp Press 128 pages $20 Amber Dawn’s third poetry collection, Buzzkill Clamshell, is a raw and hypnotic excavation of queer desire, memory, and chronic pain. Lush with bodily imagery and shifting temporalities, the collection...
Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens by Lynn Hutchinson Lee Stelliform Press 197 pages $20 “We invent or erase histories, tell the old fairytales and myths and come up with new ones.” Lynn Hutchinson Lee’s dreamlike debut novella, Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens, opens...
It’s finally here! Congrats to the following five writers who were shortlisted by our judge, Janika Oza, for our 2025 Fiction Contest! — Room Magazine’s 2025 Fiction Contest Shortlist Georgie Millionaire by Camille Pavlenko Studies in Lepidopterology by Abby Denne...
What's unsettling may trouble us for good reason, but it can also question existing power structures, provide insight into paths forward, and more. This spooky season, ROOM 48.3 REST/UNREST's Lead Editor Rachel Thompson, Assistant Editor Holly Lam, and Shadow Editor...
In a world shaped by profound injustice, how do we create amidst unrest while reclaiming rest that moves us toward justice? Today, we're sitting with a non-fiction piece by our commissioned author for Rayya Liebich, upcoming in Room 48.3 Rest/Unrest. HOW TO F/HOLD ON...
As the season turns, we hope the winds are bringing you all that's necessary ⎯ new dreams, stories, and visions. Here’s a fall list of opportunities, calls for submissions and contests, grants, and more! Calls for submission: Artists PRISM International...
ROOM 48.3 Rest/Unrest
In Room Magazine 48.3 Rest/Unrest, may you find rest as you engage with profound, necessary unrest.
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