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Book Review: ‘The Memory of Babel’ by Christelle Dabos

Christelle Dabos The Memory of Babel

The Memory of Babel, the third book in Christelle Dabos’ “The Mirror Visitor” Quartet, published by Europa, delves deeper into the secrets behind the creation of the world her characters inhabit. While the first two books, A Winter’s Promise and The Missing of  Clairdelune, were revealing in that we learned …

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Comic Review: ‘World Record Holders’ by Guy Delisle from Drawn+Quarterly

World Record Holders by Guy Delisle and published by Drawn and Quarterly, with translation by Helge Dascher, collects many of Delisle’s early works. The anthology pulls stories from famed indie magazines like Lapin and Spoutnik as well as adding Drawn and Quarterly exclusives. Most of Delisle’s recent works have been …

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Book Review: ‘The Apothecary’s Garden’ by Jeanette Lynes

The Apothecary's Garden Jeanette Lynes

In The Apothecary’s Garden, published by Harper Collins, Jeanette Lynes transports readers back  in time to 1860 and the exotic locale of Eastern Ontario’s Belleville on the shores of the Bay of Quinte. While the locale may be somewhat prosaic, Lynes has created something magical in this normally staid part …

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