At a time when so many teen books are bubbling over with the explicitly supernatural, Tim Wynne-Jones’s YA novel about sex, stalkers, and remote Ottawa Valley cabins relies on the power of its narrative to ... Read More »

So much ink has already been spilled about Barbara Reid’s unique and beautiful Plastiscene illustrations, for which the Toronto author and illustrator has won endless awards and citations (including a Governor General’s Award for illustration). ... Read More »

In the crowded field of ABC primers, City Alphabet stands out. Instead of badgering kids or being impossibly didactic, Joanne Schwartz’s spare text and Matt Beam’s engaging street photography teach kids two lessons: that words ... Read More »

Scaredy Squirrel is the bushy-tailed, nervously smiling embodiment of childhood anxieties. After previously working up the nerve to leave his tree, make a friend, and go to the beach, the cowardly critter now faces his ... Read More »

When it was announced that author Cary Fagan would be writing a fourth volume (that is, volume two plus two) in the late Mordecai Richler’s Jacob Two-Two series, the news was met with some skepticism. ... Read More »

Corked is newcomer Kathryn Borel, Jr.’s wine-fuelled entry in the genre of memoirs about the seemingly unbridgeable generational divide. The protagonists here are the author, a successful Toronto journalist who works for CBC Radio, and ... Read More »

This eco-bible also happens to have one of the most memorable titles of the year. Slow Death by Rubber Duck is the result of a two-year experiment by a pair of environmental researchers who took ... Read More »

Best known for River in a Dry Land, a book-length portrait of Saskatchewan’s Qu’Appelle River Valley published nearly a decade ago, Trevor Herriot returns here to the Great Plains of his home province. The heroes ... Read More »

A practising lawyer by day, first-time novelist Robert Rotenberg shows off his insider knowledge of Toronto’s criminal courts and mean(ish) streets in this clever legal thriller. While local references abound, Old City Hall unfolds on ... Read More »