Literary Review of Canada

Canada's leading magazine of ideas. The LRC features thought-provoking book reviews, essays, and poetry: contributors include many of the country's most celebrated writers, from Sharon Butala to Erna Paris, from Peter C. Newman to Rawi Hage. An award-winning look at contemporary culture, politics, literature and science.

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The Churn • Media turmoil through the eyes of Bill Fox

Unfettered Light • We are a spark beleaguered by darkness.

Puppeteering and Electioneering • A look back on the 2021 campaign

Bluenose Premier • A biography of Stephen McNeil

Wild Goose Chases • On the allure of the hunt

Quebec’s Metropolis • What is the meaning of this city?

From Dogmatic Slumbers • A history for our times

Gate 9 at YEG

Booze Cruise • Tales of Canadian prohibition

Acadian Driftwood • The renewal of a shared consciousness

Diversity 1.0 • Three white guys walk into a policy debate

Detective Works • It’s no crime to read

By Whose Authority? • Times of profound revolution

Ho, Ho, No! • There arose such a clatter

Sunlight

Whichever December

Narrative Strands • Two takes on Indigenous storytelling

Unknown Limits • A long walk to Kimmirut

Close to Home • What Margaret Laurence has taught me

Touch of Grey • The latest from Ray Robertson

New Urban Legends • André Forget’s fresh approach

Sister Act • A novel by Lilian Nattel

Freeze Frame