Literary Review of Canada

Published ten times a year, the Literary Review of Canada is the country’s foremost journal of ideas on politics, philosophy, science, history, culture, and literature. Each issue features smart, lively book reviews and topical long-form essays alongside original art and poetry.

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Skippy • A prime minister in the making

Figures of Speech • On prime ministerial oratory

The Jesuit Revelations • Once upon a time in Huronia

Shelling Peas

Continental Conflict • The American Civil War revisited

The Kamloops Kid • War crimes, treason, and Kanao Inouye

A Peninsula Divided • Remembering Canada’s role in Korea

Wolf Tones

Who Do They Think They Are? • When extraordinary writers prove fallible

Pentagon North • Does Canada have a military-industrial complex?

Saturday Morning, East Pender Street

Refined Language • How the oil industry rebranded itself

Pilgrim at Taddle Creek • Moments of tranquility in Wychwood Park

Line Items • Three new poetry collections

Abstract Value • Beholding Rothko in Paris

Frieze Frames • When Lord Elgin called dibs

Hitting the Ground Walking • Along Ontario’s Bruce Trail

Snoozefest • Deep reflections on sleep

Northern Exposure • Katherena Vermette’s new novel

Valley Girl • Scott Alexander Howard plays with time

Stacked Deck • An engrossing book by Michelle Hébert

A Tale of One City • Maxime Raymond Bock’s ode to Montreal

Some Highs & Lows in the Life of Stephan G. Stephansson, Icelandic Canadian poet (1853–1927)

Prism Break • The latest from Rachel Cusk

Bear, Naked Lady