Bronwyn Averett

Oct 11, 2023 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Bronwyn Averett |Adam Hill |JB Staniforth |Aishwarya Singh

A review of The Future by Catherine Leroux Published on October 11, 2023 Catherine Leroux’s latest novel presents a dystopian world located in a fictionalized version of Detroit. This Fort Détroit, rather than being ceded by the British to America in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, continues to be a francophone Canadian stronghold – “a site of resistance and liberty!” according to some of its residents.

Mar 16, 2023 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Bronwyn Averett |Taylor C. Noakes |Malcolm Fraser

A review of A Knife in the Sky by Marie-Célie Agnant Published on March 16, 2023 Marie-Célie Agnant’s 2015 novel Femmes au temps des carnassiers, recently translated as A Knife in the Sky, is bookended by the rise of François Duvalier in 1957, and the overthrow of his son Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1986.