Book Reviews

Vivek Shraya’s “The Subtweet”
Everything we post on the internet stays there forever - except all that isn’t said. That is the basis of Calgary based author Vivek Shraya’s new novel, The Subtweet.

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's "A Girl is A Body of Water"
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s A Girl is a Body of Water weaves together myths and stories with the realities and struggles of being a woman in Uganda under the military dictatorship of Idi Amin in the 1970s.

Amanda LeDuc's Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
Often moralistic, fairy tales present us with a magical and benevolent world where good always triumphs over evil, and, goodness is rewarded with beauty, riches, and a happy ending.