Give A Sheet Press Revived at Take Cover Books

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December 16, 2025

Give A Sheet Press' first offerings in 30 years feature poetry and short stories from local authors and artists.

Love It Or Hate It, It's "One Battle After Another"

Cirilla Bowman

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December 4, 2025

"One Battle After Another" is a three-hour masterpiece of shit I love to hate.

Remembering Drew Struzan

Allen Barnier

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December 4, 2025

A tribute to the life and artwork of Star Wars and Indiana Jones poster artist, Drew Struzan.

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The Efficacy of Surrealist Horror in Indie Game Phenomenon Mouthwashing

Ciara Richardson

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December 31, 2024

Resident gamer Ciara Richardson sinks her teeth into indie horror smash-hit "Mouthwashing," deconstructing the game's eerie narrative, and the surrealist storytelling techniques which make it so uniquely affecting.

‍Absurdly Festive: A Journey to the Heart of Christmas Music‍

Liam Andrews

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December 23, 2024

The annual gauntlet of retail-inflicted festivity prompts Liam Andrews to ask the pressing question "What does your favourite Christmas song say about you"; and, more to the point, "What even is 'Christmas music' anyway?"

Instagram Poetry: Why have substance when you have aesthetic?

Ciara Richardson

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December 4, 2024

If you frequent certain spaces on social media, you're likely to have seen some form of poetry. Ciara Richardson, however, takes ombrage with a specific type of poetry she calls "Instagram Poetry" - short, highly aestheticized, and largely bereft of substance.

"Wicked: For Good" is a Bittersweet Goodbye Between Two Friends

Wesley Braid

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December 3, 2025

Wicked: For Good carries a lot of heart and lessons about friendship.

"CAMP" Comes to the Art Gallery of Peterborough

Nevan Hinks

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November 14, 2025

Couzyn van Heuvlen's massive sculptural exhibition is a prominent display of Inuit celebration and resilience on display at the AGP until January 4th, 2026.

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein Should Live on the Big Screen

Wesley Braid

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November 14, 2025

Wesley Braid reviews Guillermo Del Toro's 2025 film Frankenstein.

Lanthimos Doesn't Pull Punches in "Bugonia"

Jonny Milton

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November 11, 2025

Yorgos Lanthimos’ absurdist black comedy thriller opens to mixed audience reactions.

"who will save the night sky?": Philip Geller Brings Existential Indigenous Theatre to Trent

Cirilla Bowman

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November 10, 2025

"It all started with one night I was sort of contemplating things in an existential moment, going, who am I? What's happening? And I looked up at the night sky."

TUAAC Prom: A Night to Remember

Allen Barnier

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November 10, 2025

Prom reimagined as "a safe space for people to come and be themselves."

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The Future Feminine: Vivek Shraya Visits Trent to Speak and Perform for 29th Annual Margaret Laurence Lecture Series

David King

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January 28, 2025

Multidisplinary artist and author Vivek Shraya delivered the 29th Annual Margaret Laurence Lecture at Trent's Student Centre on January 22nd. With feminism at the core of her work, Shraya invited attendees to reimagine and reclaim femininity through a lens other than their own.

ReFrame Review: No Other Land‍

Evan Robins

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January 24, 2025

It feels impossible to talk about No Other Land in any way which doesn’t short-change the thing that it actually is—a technically exquisite film that documents the sobering reality of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the systemic displacement and violent repression of the Palestinians who live there.

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