“Sze’s voice moves gracefully from philosophy to longing.” Read a new review of Gillian Sze’s first full collection of poetry, Fish Bones, at Broken Pencil. Fish Bones is on the ReLit Award longlist 2010.

Gillian Sze‘s Fish Bones (published by Punchy Press) is reviewed in The Uniter, a weekly urban journal based in Winnipeg. Reviewer Chris Campbell thinks Gillian’s collection is “a strong literary debut and worth reading” and that her voice is “both vibrant and wise, offering a perspective that reflects life, in all its unpredictability, and captures something of love.” In the review, Campbell also discusses several poems from the book including “Forget-Me-Not”, “Alone on the Other Side of the World” and “How to be Dead”. Read the full review here.

Gillian Sze‘s Fish Bones (published by Punchy Press) is reviewed in PoetryReviews.ca. Reviewer Manish Sharma believes Fish Bones is “a strong and assured contribution to the Canadian poetry” and that Gillian is “a poet to watch in the future”. Cha cannot agree more! Read the full review here.

“Ten Qustions with Gillian Sze” is up now on Open Book Toronto. Gillain talks about Fish Bones (her first full collection of poetry), her first publication (to our surprise it was a short story!), advice she has received as a writer, her next project, and more.

(Picture of Gillian by photographer John W. MacDonald. More of his works here.)

Gillian Sze‘s Fish Bones (published by Punchy Press) is reviewed in the latest issue of Black Heart Magazine.

Reviewer Laura Roberts says this about Gillian’s poetry: “When done well, good poetry appears effortless. Sze’s poetry definitely seems as though she has strung words easily together[.]” Read the full review here.

You can also read a review of Gillian’s chapbook, This is the Colour I Love You Best, here.