Category Archive: Monthly

The White Pages #14: Nowhere Men

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It may seem a bit early in the game to be recommending Nowhere Men – it’s only had four issues so far, with number five coming out later this month (probably, possibly). But… Read More

D-Tales: April (Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil)

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I just finished this book with a sense of “what just happened here?” Did these things really happen, or were they just hallucinations? Because they very well could have been with an opium… Read More

The White Pages #13: Planetoid

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Smaller than a planet, but big for an asteroid, a planetoid stands a pretty good chance of being a barren wasteland — and you can bet your bottom space-dollar that the one that… Read More

D-Tales: March (Skippy Dies by Paul Murray)

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Skippy Dies. It’s both the name and the main event of Paul Murray’s novel. But don’t worry. That’s not a give-away. It happens right there in the first chapter. It’s the why and… Read More

The White Pages #12: Mudman

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The best word I have to describe Paul Grist’s Mudman is – wait for it – gentle. Yup, it’s a gentle superhero comic, and that doesn’t stop it from being badass in its… Read More

BUMP: AroarA

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Most people know Andrew Whiteman for his work as guitarist in Toronto’s “let’s-not-call-them-a-supergroup” Broken Social Scene, but he was a fixture on the Toronto scene for years before that. He was a member… Read More

D-Tales: February (The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman)

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Striving for mediocrity and settling for less is how the characters in The Imperfectionists operate. A novel by Tom Rachman, it’s the story of an English language newspaper in Rome and the people… Read More

The White Pages #11: Morning Glories

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Written by Nick Spencer and drawn by Joe Eisma, Morning Glories is a lot like last month’s featured comic, Mind the Gap, in that it’s a suspenseful mystery story where half the fun… Read More

D-Tales: January (The White Devil by Justin Evans)

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Do you believe in ghosts? What about love? No? Well, just humour me for a minute here. The White Devil by Justin Evans is about both those things. Andrew Taylor, the protagonist, is… Read More

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