Nina, the Bandit Queen

The humour that kept Joey Slinger employed as a columnist at the Toronto Star for nearly 30 years is on display throughout his second novel. Regrettably missing, however, is the discipline of a novelist; struggle ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

A Matter of Life and Death or Something

By Ben Stephenson

Halifax author and artist Ben Stephenson, whose short stories have been published in The Coast and elsewhere, branches out with a debut novel. Featuring some of Stephenson’s own artwork, A Matter of Life and Death ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Butterfly Winter

By W.P. Kinsella

In 1997, beloved Western Canadian novelist and short-story writer W.P. Kinsella suffered head trauma when he was struck by a car, an accident that seemed to put an end to his writing career. As if ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

★ King: William Lyon Mackenzie King, A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny

By Allan Levine

William Lyon Mackenzie King was arguably Canada’s greatest prime minister; he was also probably the least likeable. In King, author and historian Allan Levine proves you don’t have to be adored by your countrymen to ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

★ The Grave Robber’s Apprentice

By Allan Stratton

With his latest novel, Toronto author and playwright Allan Stratton swerves sharply away from the finely observed realism of his previous YA novels (including 2005’s acclaimed Chanda’s Secrets) to arch, winning fantasy. The Grave Robber’s ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

JoJo the Giant

By Jane Barclay; Esperança Melo, illus.

Quebec author Jane Barclay’s charming new picture book is a kindly story about frustration, determination, and a loving bond between mother and son. JoJo is “a very small boy” scorned by local bullies as a ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Shake Awakes

By Robert Heidbreder; Marc Mongeau, illus.

Robert Heidbreder’s new book of rollicking rhymes is divided into two sections. The first, labelled “for grown-up use only,” presents kids with the dire, often smelly scenarios that can arise should they fail to rise ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Stories about Storytellers: Publishing Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau and Others

By Douglas Gibson

If you have ever wondered about the personalities of some of this country’s most prolific authors, journalists, and power brokers, or hope to join the chattering classes, Douglas Gibson can help. The iconic Canadian publisher, ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Beauty Plus Pity

By Kevin Chong

Beauty Plus Pity, the second novel from Vancouver writer Kevin Chong, opens with the death of narrator Malcolm Kwan’s father, the departure of Malcolm’s girlfriend, and the reappearance of Malcolm’s estranged half-sister, Hadley. An aspiring ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Killing McGee

By David Helwig

A failed academic and closing in on 40, Lewis is an embittered husk of a man. At his Ottawa university, he is at the bottom of the academic hierarchy: an adjunct lecturer forced to live ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

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