Jim Burke

Mar 7, 2024 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Jim Burke |Ariella Kharasch |Alexandra Trnka |Nived Dharmaraj

The Montreal Review of Books launches its Spring 2024 issue on Thursday, March 14th, at Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke Street West) in partnership with the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival!Following the festival’s 2024 programming announcement, join us in Espace Godin for refreshments and readings by Louisa Blair (The Calf With Two Heads, Baraka Books), Jay Ritchie (Listening in Many Publics, Invisible Publishing) and Oonya Kempadoo (Naniki, Dundurn Press).

Feb 8, 2024 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Jim Burke |Ariella Kharasch |Alexandra Trnka |Adam Hill

Not long ago, a colleague complained to me that too much of Canadian drama nowadays consists of inward-looking “theatrical selfies.” Three newly published play texts, Trench Patterns, Shorelines, and Blackout go a long way towards mitigating that criticism.

Nov 8, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Jane Yolen |Jim Burke

Skip to main content Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, found­ed in 1943, is the longest-run­n­ing orga­ni­za­tion devot­ed exclu­sive­ly to the sup­port and cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox. Review By – November 8, 2023 Immi­grants to the Unit­ed States car­ry dif­fer­ent types of bag­gage. The items they pack with them often reflect their past expe­ri­ences and their hopes for the future.

Nov 1, 2023 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Meaghan Thurston |Jim Burke |Ariella Kharasch |Alexandra Trnka

Skating Wild on an Inland SeaJean E. PendziwolIllustrated by Todd StewartGroundwood Books$19.99paper32pp9781773067049 Two children wake at dawn and eat oatmeal by a crackling fire in a solitary cabin in the woods. In the distance, the call of the wolf breaks the silence of the morning.