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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Solar Power • Quebec and its distant king

Statue of Limitations • John A. Macdonald’s very challenging year

The Ingénue

Regimental Thinking • Histories of Calgarian service

London Review of Crooks • A different brand of wartime violence

His Cohort • A survivor’s account is finally published

Seeing Stars • Expansionist jabs over the years

At Mace Value • Not your father’s Senate

Fire Talk

Poll Over • The election is behind us, but politics is forever

Cerebral Story • The Neuro’s dynamic duo

angles in the horizontal and vertical plane

A New Don • How the valley continues to shape Toronto

Sheet Music • On lust, love, and LPs

Late Stages

Anxious Attachment • David A. Robertson’s distilled advice

Out in the Open • John Lorinc pieces together his family’s past

In the Glow • Do LLMs dream of electric sheep?

Drawn Forth • Treasures from the National Gallery of Canada

Best Kind • Andy Jones on town and bay

Compendium with a Twist • One potent literary cocktail

Indelible Marks • The latest from André Alexis

Writers after Dark • Madhur Anand’s debut novel

Rotary Club • David Carpenter dials up the tension

Survival Mode • A psychological novel by David Szalay

Down Where It’s Wetter

And the nominees are…