12 March 2026 by Yara Jamal Read here and below. Publishing Against Erasure Baraka Books is a Quebec-based independent publisher that has positioned itself as a space for unfiltered political writing that challenges the status quo.   At the centre of that work is Leila Marshy, a Montreal writer and editor of Palestinian-Newfoundland parentage. Marshy is the author of The Philistine and the short story collection My Thievery of the People. Her work, path and life are deeply sh

18 November 2025 by Ian Thomas Shaw Read here and below. Before picking up a copy of Razing Palestine, it is worth considering what this anthology is—and what it is not. It is not a collection of literary short stories, nor a volume of meticulously footnoted analysis; readers seeking either of those will find them amply elsewhere. Instead, the book gathers first-hand testimonies from Canadians who have confronted what many consider the defining moral dilemma of our era: the d

17 November 2025 Review by Jeff Dupuis Read here and below. As the world nervously watches the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas (one where the killing of Palestinians is still happening, albeit at a much slower rate), we have to begin examining how “never again” became hollowed out and meaningless. Although no one expects Nuremberg-style trials to hold the genocidaires to account, we require a deep probe into our institutions to examine how it is for all our laws