Dare to Bird

by Melissa Hafting,
reviewed by Jenna Butler

The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards

by Jessica Waite,
reviewed by Megan Clark

We Are Already Ghosts

by Kit Dobson,
reviewed by Alex Rettie

Political Activist Ethnography

edited by Agnieszka Doll, Laura Bisaillon and Kevin Walby;
reviewed by Joe Kadi

What Kind of Daughter?

by Rayanne Haines,
reviewed by Catherine Owen

Half-Light

by Amy Kaler,
reviewed by Roberta Laurie

Briefly Noted January/February

Wild Roses are Worth It, by Kevin Van Tighem
We Speak Through the Mountain, by Premee Mohamed

Jeremy Appel

(“The UCP Want More Control”) is an independent journalist who has been covering Alberta politics since 2017. He is the author of Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power (Dundurn, 2023).

Jenna Butler

(Review of Dare to Bird) has taught creative and environmental writing at several institutions, including the University of Alberta and Red Deer College. She is the author of Revery: A Year of Bees (Wolsak & Wynn, 2020) and has two non-fiction books forthcoming in 2025.

Avigail Eisenberg

(“Should Permanent Residents Be Able to Vote?”) is a professor of political science at the University of Victoria and co-founder of the Consortium on Democratic Constitutionalism.

Nate Pike

(“The Hidden Connections in the Skybox Photo”) is a paramedic and political activist. He has been a candidate in both municipal and provincial elections. His podcast “breaks down” provincial political issues.

Karen Stenner

(“Authoritarianism”) is a behavioural economist with a Ph.D. in political psychology. A former assistant professor at Princeton University, she is the author of The Authoritarian Dynamic (Cambridge U Press, 2005).

Keren Tang

(“Should Permanent Residents Be Able to Vote?”) is the City of Edmonton councillor of Ward Karhiio. Prior to being elected she was a teacher and then a public health advocate and community organizer.