USEREVIEW 130 (Capsule): Moon Boots

USEREVIEW 130 (Capsule): Moon Boots

Lorenz PeterMoon Boots: The Chronicles of a Country Crooner (Conundrum Press, 2023)ISBN: 978-1-77262-081-8 | 120 pages | $17.00 CAD | BUY Here #CAROUSELreviews#USEREVIEWEDNESDAY Lorenz Peter is a writer, illustrator and musician. Moon Boots is his fifth graphic novel and is semi-autobiographical. It depicts the adventures of Lester LaFleur, a free-spirited musician of no fixed address. Lester looks a bit like a country-western Edgar Allan Poe, and he hitchhikes his way across Canada, living rough. It’s

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USEREVIEW 129 (Capsule): Everything You Dream Is Real

USEREVIEW 129 (Capsule): Everything You Dream Is Real

Lisa de NikolitsEverything You Dream is Real (Inanna Publications, 2022)ISBN: 978-1-77133-930-8 | 336 pages | $22.95 CAD | BUY Here #CAROUSELreviews#USEREVIEWEDNESDAY Lisa de Nikolits is the multiple IPPY-award winning author of eleven novels. She is also a member of Crime Writers of Canada, and her most recent novel is a crime story unlike any I’ve ever read. Everything You Dream is Real features mass murderers literally serving time via time travel. The book is a

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August 2023 Reviewer-in-Residence: Shantell Powell

August 2023 Reviewer-in-Residence: Shantell Powell

Introducing our August 2023 Reviewer-in-Residence: Shantell (Shan) Powell is a two-spirit author, artist and swamp hag who grew up in an apocalyptic cult while living off the land. Powell is the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive Fellow for 2023, a fellow for the Roots Wounds Words Winter Retreat in 2023 and a recent graduate of the Writers’ Studio at Simon Fraser University and the LET(s) Lead Academy at Yale University. She has a BA in Classics, English Drama

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