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Check out the filling Station blog for fresh content on experimental literary writing in Canada. Paid contributors report creatively on artists, craft, and literary events. Our lineup is always changing so visit often!

Review of Reimagining Fire: the Future of Energy edited by Eveline Kolijn
Read fS volunteer Jennifer McDougall's review of Eveline Kolijn's eco-critical anthology of poetry, art, and criticism Reimagining Fire...
Jennifer McDougall
May 28, 20243 min read
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Louise Carson’s “The Cat Looked Back”: a review
Read Managing Editor Ethan Vilu's review of Louise Carson's 2023 mystery novel "The Cat Looked Back". Have a book you'd like us to...
Ethan Vilu
Feb 10, 20243 min read
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The Poetics of (Im)Permanence
A review of “Genuary 2023 Day 28 - Generative Poetry” by Carson Kompon https://carsonk.net/works/art/piece?type=OBJKT&id=809399 Since...
Kyle Flemmer
Sep 26, 20235 min read
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A Review: Emily Osborne's "Safety Razor"
Safety Razor is a collection heavily steeped in this idea of inheritance and reception. As part of our review series, Margaryta...
Margaryta Golovchenko
May 3, 20235 min read
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A Review: Lori Fox’s "This Has Always Been a War"
In Fox’s view, literature is vital to the war on capitalism and patriarchy. As part of our review series, Jennifer McDougall reviews...
Jennifer McDougall
Mar 27, 20234 min read
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A Review: "Queer Little Nightmares - An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry"
As part of our review series, Calum Robertson reviews "Queer Little Nightmares, An Anthology of Monstrous Poetry," edited by David Ly &...
Calum Robertson
Mar 1, 20233 min read
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A Review: The Second Substance by Anne Lardeux
As part of our review series, Jacob James Bews reviews Anne Lardeux’s The Second Substance (Coach House Books, 2022). Find a copy at your...
Jacob James Bews
Jan 18, 20234 min read
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A Review: My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi
As part of our new review series, Ben Ghan reviews John Elizabeth Stintzi’s My Volcano (Arsenal Pulp Press, & Two Dollar Radio, 2022)....
Ben Ghan
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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A Review: Katy Wareham Morris’ Violet Existence
As part of filling Station's monthly review series, Ethan Vilu reviews Katy Wareham Morris’ Violet Existence (Broken Sleep Books, 2022)....
Ethan Vilu
Sep 21, 20223 min read
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A Review: Beast at Every Threshold by Natalie Wee
As part of filling Station's new monthly review series, Margaryta Golovchenko reviews Natalie Wee's Beast at Every Threshold (Arsenal...
Margaryta Golovchenko
Aug 13, 20225 min read
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A Door into a Closed World: A Review of Stars Need Counting: Essays on Suicide
This review by Concetta Principe was originally published in Issue 78 of filling Station Magazine. Read the full review below.
meditorfs
Jun 22, 20221 min read
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B-movie Tropes & Biblical Figures: A review of Me, you, then snow
This review by Calum Robertson was originally published in Issue 77 of filling Station Magazine. Read the full review below.
meditorfs
Jun 22, 20221 min read
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