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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The Machinery of Government • On some displeasing service

No Crime Here

Prairie Home Companions • Those who came, sodded, and conquered

Local Sitter

Chevrolet Masters • They made General Motors blow a gasket

Dear London • Letters from the edge of empire

Insight on issues that matter

The Secret Is Out • French Canada’s clandestine power brokers

Transition Zone • What is next for Toronto’s Regent Park?

Milky Ways • A constellation of possibilities

Tangle

Hard Core • Viola MacMillan knew the drill

Serge Protector? • The RCMP informant who saw red

Detours and Discoveries • Stop and smell the wild roses

An Aid Memoir • Ian Smillie looks back

Vernacular Spectacular • A linguist reaches for meaning

Bear with Me • Claire Cameron confronts mortal truths

Postcards • Novel scenes from elsewhere

Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant • A poetic consideration

Imagining My Father’s Return

Stormy Weather • H. Nigel Thomas on family and place

Young Guns • From Edmonton to Kandahar City

Gallantly • The late icon continues to delight

A Cascade of Voices • Otoniya J. Okot Bitek maps an atrocity

Rough Landing • Jack Wang’s debut novel

Hadn’t a Clue