Northern Review

Poet and literary critic John Sutherland, who founded First Statement, became the managing editor of Northern Review.

A number of well-known Canadian writers, including Patrick Anderson, A. M. Klein, Irving Layton, P. K. Page, F. R. Scott, and A. J. M. Smith also served as editors for various periods.

In 1947, Sutherland's scathing review of Robert Finch's Governor General's Award-winning book, Poems, caused all of the latter-named editors, with the exception of Layton, to resign from the magazine's editorial board.

For all his irreverence and bluster, Sutherland distinguished himself as a perceptive voice for literary development in Canada, as did many others who contributed articles to the magazine.

[3] In total, forty issues of the magazine were published, enough to make it a relative success story in an era of short-lived Canadian periodicals.