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Winnipeg blogger and Anglican priest reviews Alert to Glory by Sally Ito. He says the collection reveals "the glory that lies behind so much of the mundane" and concludes that he will think of the collection in years to come: "I feel confident in saying that over the coming years the wisdom of this collection will be finding its way into my thinking, writing and sermon making, on more occasions than I yet realize." Please read full posting here.

Uptown Magazine calls Leo Brent Robillard's "very fine third novel," Drift, " a powerful story of a sometimes-forgotten piece of Canadian history." Reviewer Quentin Mills-Fenn concludes: "Robillard is a writer who’s going places." Please read full review here.

Arlene Smith gives four stars to Leo Brent Robillard's novel, Drift: "His books are literary works with a poetic feel that comes through even when he is describing the shattering effects of combat. Drift is a beautifully written story of a war that hasn't been explored to the same extent as the World Wars." Please see full review here.

"Bandit, by Winnipeg novelist Wayne Tefs, will satisfy giver and receiver," says Armstrong. Read more about why Bob Armstrong recommends Bandit by Wayne Tefs on the Advent Book Blog: http://www.adventbookblog.com/2011/12/13/bob-armstrong-recommends-bandit-by-wayne-tefs/

What the Bear Said by W.D. Valgardson received a delightful review on CBC's All Points West. Follow the link to listen here: http://www.cbc.ca/allpointswest/bookclub/2011/11/01/books---short-stories/

Winnipeg Free Press poetry reviewer Jonathan Ball compares Sally Ito's Alert to Glory to Patrick Friesen's latest collection, Jumping in the Asylum: "[Ito] offers a vision of the poem as a site of meditation, not unlike Friesen, although more content and secure in her faith," says Ball. To read the full review, click on http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/friesen-poems-ask-questions-of-hidden-god-134524218.html

Mystery Maven Canada recommends Janice MacDonald's Edmonton-based folk fest mystery, Hang Down Your Head:

"You can actually feel yourself as being part of the Edmonton Folk Festival, that is, if you're not too busy scouring the crowd for a murderer." -- Mystery Maven Canada

To read full review, visit: http://mysterymavencdn.blogspot.com/2011/11/mystery-review.html?spref=fb

Pickle Me This tickled by Bob Armstrong's Dadolescence:

"...it’s as funny as it’s meant to be, and more than once, I laughed out loud.

In Dadolescence, Armstrong has captured that difficult period in the life of every Gen-Xer, when it becomes time to unload the vinyl evidence of one’s “youthful audio anglophilia” at a garage sale, and finally begin to grow up."

For full review, visit http://www.picklemethis.com/2011/11/07/dadolescence-by-bob-armstrong/

Novel's pacing gives sense of living in war zone -- Drift by Leo Brent Robillard reviewed in Winnipeg Free Press:

"The narrative's pacing gives a sense of what it's like to live in a war zone. It's a slow momentum punctuated by sudden incidents of violence.... [Robillard's] prose is economical without being sparse, tending toward short sentences, even sentence fragments. It's a style somewhat reminiscent of Hemingway, and it suits his subject well."

- Joanne Epp, Winnipeg Free Press

To read full review, visit http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/novels-pacing-gives-sense-of-living-in-war-zone-133287708.html

Here's an excerpt of the Winnipeg Free Press' review of Dadolescence by Bob Armstrong.

In his literary debut, about a hapless stay-at-home dad, Winnipeg playwright Bob Armstrong displays ample talents as a comic novelist . . .  The result is pure, page-turning hilarity.