“The Projectionist is one of those all too rare literary accomplishments.… A bodacious beauty readers and writers will savour and cherish.”
– Toronto Star
“Helm has a great sense of both character and place.… Finely crafted, perceptive, funny, and moving.”
– Edmonton Journal
“A sprawling and often funny novel. Helm has a deft touch. His portrayal of small town life is uncanny in its accuracy.”
– Saskatoon StarPhoenix
“Extraordinary.… Genuinely remarkable is the maturity, sophistication, wit, and critical intelligence that is everywhere apparent in the writing of this novel.”
– Canadian Literature
“Helm is a gifted raconteur.… The Projectionist is a novel of ideas, written in spirited language and evoking the over-the-back-fence-conviviality of home.… Immensely rewarding. Its horizons are bountiful.”
– Ottawa Citizen