The Seaboard Review of Books, October 15, 2025
Volume 2, Issue 44 of The Seaboard Review of Books, October 1, 2025
In this issue:
On Isabella Street by Genevieve Graham (Fiction)
The Road to Goderich by Linda McQuaig (Fiction)
Cravings and Gut Feelings in Jaime Burnet’s milktooth (Fiction)
Just Call Me Andi: Sports Stories from a Trailblazer by Andria Petrillo (Non-Fiction)
Partisans: A Graphic History of Anti-Fascist Resistance, Edited by Raymond Tyler and Paul Buhle (Non-Fiction)
Guy Elston’s The Character Actor Convention (Poetry)
Thanks for reading this issue of The Seaboard Review of Books!
James M. Fisher, editor-in-chief
Fiction
On Isabella Street by Genevieve Graham
Genevieve Graham has done it again; she’s combined compelling characters with impeccably researched Canadian history--and a touch of romance--to create an easy-to-read story that will appeal to a wide audience.
The Road to Goderich by Linda McQuaig
With a plot so raw, painful, and unjust, The Road to Goderich by Linda McQuaig will fill you with rage and have you crying like a baby in the same breath. Set in the early 1800s, this novel follows the life of Callandra who at the age of fifteen is faced with a decision which will severely alter the course of her life.
Cravings and Gut Feelings in Jaime Burnet’s milktooth
Jaime Burnet’s second novel, milktooth, begs you to remember your thirst. The cover art, created by artist Megan Fildes, feels like an opportunity to acknowledge your primary craving: milk. From the obvious, as an infant, unable to express hunger and desire, mouth open wide and wailing. Or, if you were lucky enough to benefit from a school milk program,…
Non-Fiction
Just Call Me Andi: Sports Stories from a Trailblazer by Andria Petrillo
Andria Petrillo was the first woman to be part of the Hockey Night in Canada in-studio broadcast, the first woman to host a daily sports radio talk show in Canada (Leafs Lunch on TSN), and the first woman to win a Canadian Screen Award for Best Sports Host. But the road to those achievements has not been without challenges.
Partisans: A Graphic History of Anti-Fascist Resistance, Edited by Raymond Tyler and Paul Buhle
Resplendent in a pink evening gown and matching feather in her hair, singer-dancer Josephine Baker charms audiences in Nazi-occupied France. The SS officers smile patronizingly. After all, as a Black woman, Baker can’t be very clever. Therefore, no threat to the Fatherland.
Poetry
Guy Elston’s The Character Actor Convention
Imagine getting an invitation to attend a “character actor convention” (supposing, for the moment, that you’re a character actor). Do you go as yourself, or in character? Who delivers the keynote? “We applaud, but this might be an act,” warns Guy Elston in his collection’s titular poem. In what ways does this scenario differ from the performances of rol…
TSR Team News
Melanie Marttila will be on two panels at this year’s Can-Con (October 17 to 19, 2025 at the Brookstreet Hotel, Kanata, Ontario)!
The first will be “The Art of Rest” at 8 pm on Friday, October 17, and the second is “The Taste of Sadness: Writing Emotional Dysregulation” at 2:30 pm on Sunday, October 19.
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