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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Ottawa Confidential • The private thoughts of a public figure

Standing on the Doorsill

How They Remembered • New takes on Trudeau and Lévesque

Bring to Heal • A Canadian evangelist in Hollywood

Very Big in Sheboygan • Why we still love John Candy

And Then There Were Three • The 2025 Cundill finalists

With Friends Like These • A revisionist history of Operation Overlord

Vet Check • Now open your mouth and say oink

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Abattoir! • Having your steak and eating it too

Joint Ventures • A short history of legal marijuana

iCapitalism • An arrangement that changed our lives

Plate Appearances • José Bautista and the Temple of Dome

Look Both Ways • Cathrin Bradbury keeps going

Life Lines • Miriam Toews’s affirming reflections

On the Wing • Letting hope linger and fly

Streams of Consciousness • Two authors go with the flow

He’s Not Interested in Outer Space — I Love Him Anyway

Two Emails • Coincidence strikes like premonition

Needed, Nearer

Face Book • Gazing at Canada’s portrait competition

Splices of Life • Mikhail Iossel delays the full stop

The Aftermath • A mournful debut from Rebecca Hirsch Garcia

Modern Liaisons • Russell Smith’s satiric critique

Empire State of Mind • Yiming Ma speculates

Season upon Season • Teri Vlassopoulos on the cost of happiness

A Miller’s Son