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Twenty-seventh Issue
Volume 12, No. 1

features

The Human Protest
By Aparna Sanyal

Writers At Home
By Kimberly Bourgeois

fiction

Almond Wine And Fertilitiy
Reviewed by Laura Roberts

Cockroach
Reviewed by Katia Grubisic

Distantly Related To Freud
Reviewed by Faustus Salvador

Raise The Flag And Sound The Cannon
Reviewed by Byron Rempel

Scrapbook
Reviewed by Elise Moser

Shuck
Reviewed by Marisa Grizenko

Smash Your Head On The Punk Rock
Reviewed by Matt Bissonnette

Tell Me A Story, Tell Me The Truth
Reviewed by Adriana Palanca

The Murder Stone
Reviewed by Elspeth Redmond

The River Runs Orange
Reviewed by Elspeth Redmond

The Soul Of All Great Designs
Reviewed by Neil Scotten

The White Space Between
Reviewed by Elizabeth Johnston

fiction at a glance

A Handful Of Coins
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

non-fiction

Rumba Rules: The Politics Of Dance Music In Mobutu's Zaire
Reviewed by Ted Smith

The Cultivated Landscape: An Exploration Of Art And Agriculture
Reviewed by Mark Heffernan

The Slow Food Story: Politics And Pleasure
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

The Walkable City: From Haussmann's Boulevards To Jane Jacobs' Streets And Beyond
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

The World In Six Songs: How The Musical Brain Created Human Nature
Reviewed by Louise Fabiani

non-fiction at a glance

The New Left: Legacy And Continuity
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

poetry

36 Cornelian Avenue
Reviewed by Bert Almon

Feria:a Poempark
Reviewed by Bert Almon

The Debaucher
Reviewed by Bert Almon

young readers

Dream Songs Night Songs: From Belgium To Brazil
Reviewed by Annie Murray

Grim Hill: The Secret Deepens
Reviewed by Annie Murray

James Wilson Morrice: Painter Of Light And Shadow
Reviewed by Annie Murray

Lemon The Duck
Reviewed by Annie Murray

Max-a-million: Max The Businessman
Reviewed by Annie Murray

Passion For Fashion: Careers In Style
Reviewed by Annie Murray

Posing As Ashley
Reviewed by Annie Murray

The Little Word Catcher
Reviewed by Annie Murray

The Princess Who Had Almost Everything
Reviewed by Annie Murray

Terence Byrnes

Capturing Writers On Film

By Kimberly Bourgeois

New Document From Terence Byrnes's living room, one can hear a breadmaker churning away in the adjacent kitchen. As we settle down to... READ MORE

The Human Protest

An Interview With Saleema Nawaz

By Aparna Sanyal

New Document The wounded characters in Mother Superior, Saleema Nawaz's debut short fiction collection, wander the author's ... READ MORE

New Document This issue is the first in nine years without Ian McGillis as co-editor. Ian's work in attracting young writers and reviewers is immeasurable, and his editing skills have added to the high quality of the mRb over the years. Ian arrived in Montreal from Edmonton after the ice storm of 1998, and worked at The Word Bookstore for a time. He contacted Kimberly Bourgeois, then editor of the mRb, about a job as editorial assistant, and in a short time made himself invaluable. In his time at the mRb his novel A Tourist's Guide to Glengarry was published by Porcupine's Quill, and Ian started writing for The Gazette, among others. We wish him well in all his new endeavours.

Andrea Belcham, the current editorial associate, comes from a writer/editor/magazine background. Anyone who has worked with Andrea knows how wonderful and talented she is.

And "Raise the Profile," a joint project of the QWF and the AELAQ, is helping to let librarians, booksellers, and readers in the rest of Canada know about the vibrant literary scene happening in English-speaking Quebec. The spokesperson, saucy librarian Ms. Julie, has picked several titles as her personal favourites, and we have them labelled as "Ms. Julie recommends." Enjoy the fall reading. MG

New Document We wish to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage and SODEC for their generous support, without which this publication could not exist.

New Document Montreal Review of Books is published three times a year
by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ)

Margaret Goldik, Editor
Andrea Belcham, Associate Editor
Mary Mony Copy editing assistance
David LeBlanc, Designer
Michael Wile National Advertising Manager
Brendan Mathers Montreal Advertising Manager

Opinions expressed in the Montreal Review of Books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or the AELAQ.

Cover photo of T. Byrnes by Andy Brown