Dana Bath

Oct 30, 2024 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Dana Bath

Nish: Northern Lights is the second book in Isabelle Picard’s Nish series. The fourteen-year-old twin protagonists, Eloise and Leon, have moved from their home village of Matimekush to the Quebec City region. They leave their friends, are told they need to repeat Secondary II, and have to adjust to a very different life from the one they are used to.

Mar 14, 2024 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Dana Bath

A review of Stolen Family by Johanne Durocher with Julie Roy Published on March 14, 2024 In the preface to Stolen Family, the author, Johanne Durocher, addresses the subject of her memoir directly: “Just as you have often asked me to, I have written this book to tell your story.” The knowledge that this project was not Durocher’s idea prepares the reader for the product.

Jul 5, 2023 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Sharon Morrisey |Val Rwigema |Dana Bath |Meaghan Thurston

A review of Everything is Ori by Paul Serge Forest Published on July 5, 2023 Some novels require the reader to stretch their mind to grasp what, exactly, they are reading. Paul Serge Forest’s first novel, Everything is Ori, is one of these.

Jul 5, 2023 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Salena Wiener |Val Rwigema |Dana Bath |Meaghan Thurston

John Reibetanz’s poetry collection rewrites Ovid’s Metamorphosis with a distinct ecological sensibility. His collection is at once classic and timely as it takes up the ancient poem and recontextualizes Ovid’s concerns with nature and the nonhuman for our contemporary moment.

Jul 5, 2023 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Roxane Hudon |Val Rwigema |Dana Bath |Meaghan Thurston

A review of Kukum by Michel Jean Published on July 5, 2023 Almanda Siméon was an orphan, nomad, hunter, artisan, avid reader, and the resilient great-grandmother of Innu writer and journalist Michel Jean.