Book Reviews by Sharon
Back in the 1980s, I was a regular book reviewer for Event and Canadian Poetry Review. I didn't keep a list of the books that I reviewed back then, but there were plenty. Not only was it a paid activity but it was generally considered a duty toward others to participate in the dialogue about books being published around you. These days, everyone wants to be mentioned in a book review or interview, but the fact is that the percentage of authors participating in this way is considerably less than it was. There are different ways to earn one's stripes these days. But I'm an old fashioned sort, and I especially enjoy conducting interviews, so in 2022 I began (mostly) interviewing authors.
BOOK REVIEWS
Sharon Berg – This is my review site, where I unzip some books
2016
December 8, 2018 Denis Robillard (The History of Water)
December 9, 2016 Norma West Linder (Tall Stuff)
November 21, 2016 Nelson Ball (Chewing Water)
December 20, 2016 Maureen Hynes (The Poison Colour)
December 23, 2016 Diana Koch (Prime Time)
2017
January 7, 2017 David D. Plain (1300 Moons)
January 9, 2017 Susan Iannou (Looking for Light)
January 12, 2017 Josie Di Sciasco-Andrews A Jar of Fireflies
February 7, 2017 Rosemary Aubert (The Midnight Boat to Palermo)
February 17, 2017 Kara Ghobhainn Smith (The Artists of Crow County)
February 17, 2017 Nelson Ball (Chewable Water)
March 9, 2017 Richard Harrison (On Not Losing My Fathers Ashes in the Flood)
also League of Canadian Poets book reviews
April 3, 2017 Gloria Pearson-Vasey (Enigma Club)
April 17, 2017 J. Kevin Vasey (Living in the Eye: Life with Autism)
June 8, 2017 Vanessa Shields (Look at Her)
2018
Winter # Gary Barwin (No TV for Woodpeckers)
Summer # Kate Sutherland (How to Draw a Rhinoseros)
2022
July 10, 2022 Diane Girard (Waves)
October 16, 2022 Bruce Meyer (Toast Soldiers)
2022
March
Chad Norman ( Squall: Poems in the Voice of Mary Shelley)
September
Robert Priest (Letters to the Gestalt Mind)
