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Reviews of new novels, poetry, non-fiction & graphic novels with a Canadian focus. Weird Fiction ftw!

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    • Feb 24, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    MacroMicroCosm Interviews Kate Keenan of Big Bend Literary Journal & MMC Healing Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 72:09


    MacroMicroCosm Literary Review's Sapha Burnell sits down with Kate Keenan of Big Bend Literary Journal to talk literary success, writing on a mountain, and the TikTok… maybe not all about the TikTok, as they discuss Healing Hands & the writer's life. 

    Author Interview: BK Greenwood The Last Roman Historical Thriller

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 54:53


    MacroMicroCosm Literary Review interviews BK Greenwood about Historical & Paranormal Thriller The Last Roman: Exile. Gladiator meets Highlander meets John Wick. An entertaining centuries-spanning adventure. Magic Realism & Cyberpunk author Sapha Burnell interviews BK. Thank you to Shannon at R&R Book Tours for connecting us.

    Novel Review: Pretty Deadly by Kelsey Josund

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 10:21


    MacroMicroCosm reviews Dark Fantasy novel Pretty Deadly by Kelsey Josund published by Darkstroke Books. Cinderella never enjoyed murder and intrigue so much. Read it, and you will too.

    Author Interview Annabelle Lewis Cut and Run Contemporary Thriller

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 44:44


    MacroMicroCosm Literary Review interviews Annabelle Lewis about Contemporary Thriller with a mythological edge, Cut and Run. For the MMC giveaway, please @macromicrocosmlitjournal on instagram & use the hashtag #annabellelewismmc or comment down below. We will not ask for your personal information. Thank you to Shannon at R&R Book Tours for connecting us.

    Author Interview Fred Yu The Orchid Farmer‘s Sacrifice Asian Fantasy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 49:16


    MacroMicroCosm Lit Reviews interviews asian fantasy author Fred Yu about his new launch The Orchid Farmer's Sacrifice, Daoist Kung Fu & a way to cook. Thanks to R&R Book Tours & Susan Schwartzman. 

    Author Interview Ryan Young The Shepherds Burden Paranormal Thriller

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 43:12


    MacroMicroCosm Literary Review shakes up our format with an interview. Join Lis and author Ryan Young to discuss his paranormal thriller The Shepherd's Burden. Thanks to R&R Book Tours & Bookshop.org. 

    FIlm Review: Metropolis (1927) and the Android Queen Meme

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 24:59


    MacroMicroCosm Literary Review takes on Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang written by Thea von Harbou. Like it? You'll love NEON Lieben by Sapha Burnell. Join our Discord Server. 

    Novel Review: Automatic Reload by Ferrett Steinmetz

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 17:10


    MacroMicroCosm reviews Automatic Reload by Ferrett Steinmetz published by Tor Books; audiobook narration by Tim Campbell. A technical romp into mental illness, cyberpunks & the assassins who love them. 4/5 stars.

    Send in the Clown(Prince of Crime)s Recovering Villains Editorial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 16:45


    In today's episode, we discuss Recovering Villains. MacroMicroCosm Lit Journal in Print & Digital. Use Code MAYTHE4TH for 10% off. Aegis by RL Arenz III published by Vraeyda Literary.

    Special Announcement:Open for Submissions!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 4:07


    We are proud to be Open for Submissions, via Duosuma (Duotrope) our submissions manager. Bring us your full length manuscripts in the sci-fi, contemporary fantasy & speculative fiction genres. Visit Vraeyda Literary for Aegis, by RL Arenz III. 

    Novel Review: The Transaction by Guglielmo D'Izzia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 9:24


    MacroMicroCosm reviews The Transaction by Guglielmo D'Izzia, published by Guernica Editions. A pristinely written uncomfortably real novel where De Angelis descends through an eccentric Sicilian town. 

    Sci-Fi Primer Vol. 1 Short Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 10:18


    The best short stories for sci-fi fiends to read, in one small compendium episode. Follow MacroMicroCosm for more.

    Quill of the Dove by Ian Thomas Shaw

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2019 13:14


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews Quill of the Dove by Ian Thomas Shaw. A raw & pristinely crafted political thriller based in the Middle East.

    Novel review: Amity by Nasreen Pejvack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 5:48


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews Amity by Nasreen Pejvack published by Inanna. A guttural and necessary call to compassion for war torn refugees worldwide. 

    Novella Review: The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2019 5:49


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts, published by Tachyon. Sapience & self-determination in a fantastic read. 

    Novel Review: Leaper: Down to Earth by Adam Kveton

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 5:50


    MacroMicroCosm reviews Leaper: Down to Earth by Adam Kveton. Imaginative & promising, but poorly paced sci-fi self-published wonder.

    Book Review: Several short sentences about writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 8:05


    MacroMicroCosm reviews Several short sentences about writing, by Verlyn Klinkenborg, published by Vintage Books.  The alpha and omega of books about writing. 

    Book Review: The Age of Bowie by Paul Morley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2019 9:01


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews The Age of Bowie by Paul Morley. A well crafted tome dedicated to a man’s place in history, built by the scraps of words left behind and tangential meetings woven into British and international culture.

    Memoir Review: What the Mouth Wants by Monica Meneghetti

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 4:24


    MacroMicroCosm ReviewsWhat the Mouth Wants by Monica Meneghetti published by Dagger Editions. Here is an author who waited. Who held back until the moment of critical mass before she pressed 'send' on the query for publication. She waited until she had gravity on her side.  

    Book Review: The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 6:40


    MacroMicroCosm reviews The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli. Disclaimer: The Order of Time was purchased on the Kindle Store (Not Sponsored). Our review is unbiased and a matter of personal opinions.  

    Friday Writes! Sapha Burnell on Inspiration from Ancient Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2019 6:14


    On this first edition of Friday Writes!, Canadian speculative fiction author & poet Sapha Burnell talks about inspiration, and the folly of the 'purely original' idea in a world shaped by ancient things.    Please follow us on Twitter @macromicrocosm and find our Vraeyda Film channel on YouTube. 

    Novel Review: A Theory of Expanded Love by Caitlin Hicks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2019 3:52


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews:  A Theory of Expanded Love by Caitlin Hicks Published by Light Messages   A near perfect novel of Annie growing up Catholic in 1963's California. Rebel & blossom with a true hero of female resilience & love. 

    Novel Review: Heir of Ashes, The Roxanne Fosch Files 1 by Jina S. Bazzar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2019 6:31


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews:  Heir of Ashes, The Roxanne Fosch Files 1 by Jina S. Bazzar Creativia   A supernatural chase with a few extra miles. 

    Novel Review: Adam's Journal by E.C. Flickinger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 4:16


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews:  Adam's Journal by E.C. Flickinger Grackle Books    A nostalgic gaze into the coming-of-age of an American boy struggling with girls, science & his own verbal whit. 

    Poetry Review: The Book of Sensations by Sheri-D Wilson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 4:39


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews the imaginative and power-packed The Book of Sensations by Sheri-D Wilson University of Calgary Press   If you love the written word, you will love this collection. 

    Poetry Review: small things left behind by Ella Zeltserman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 3:38


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews small things left behind by Ella Zeltserman University of Alberta Press   A cathartic and powerful collection of poetry from Canadian immigrant Ella Zeltserman. Journey from the Iron Curtain to Alberta in this fantastic collection. 

    Poetry Review: Throwing the Diamond Hitch by Emily Ursuliak

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 5:09


    MacroMicroCosm Reviews Throwing the Diamond Hitch by Emily Ursuliak University of Calgary Press   Two women. Three horses. Rural Canada in the 1950's. A fantastically imaginative & well executed poetry collection. 

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