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Alberta Review: The Books of Alberta Review, 2025
What I read, what I reviewed, and what I didn't
Jan 5
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: Alberta's Literary Form
Alberta doesn't have a defining novelist or novel. Instead, we have the short story.
Dec 19, 2025
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: The Game
Hockey writing could be so much more, as Dryden showed
Sep 19, 2025
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: Crossing to Safety
Taking immense delight in finding a new great author everyone's heard about but me
Sep 2, 2025
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: Egyptian Mythology
A review of a decent book, and a big stretch to relate it to Alberta
Jul 22, 2025
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: Nerdy Star Wars Things
Why and what we read isn't as important as just reading
Jul 14, 2025
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: Travels With Myself and Another
The drive to travel can be, conversely, the same that makes us want to stay at home
Apr 22, 2025
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: Noah's Flood
An intriguing hypothesis supported by geology, hydrography, and a lot of inference
Mar 24, 2025
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History
Leaving a bit to be desired, but a solid start
Mar 10, 2025
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: Show Don't Tell
Talking down isn't just ineffective, it is bad storytelling
Nov 17, 2024
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Alberta Review: Supply and Demand
Writers and publishers should be supported, but the best way is to create demand for their product
Apr 24, 2024
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Mathew Preston
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Alberta Review: Novels, or, Great History
Novels, when done right, can be a much better way to understand history, geography, or politics.
Feb 19, 2024
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Mathew Preston
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