Children and YA Non-fiction

Watcher

Life is a mug’s game for Porter Delancy, the 16-year-old protagonist of this engaging work of YA social realism. Stuck in government housing in Toronto with his chronically depressed mother and an older sister, Porter ... Read More »

December 7, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Suddenly

By Bonnie Burnard

A character in Bonnie Burnard’s Suddenly smacks her husband, not entirely playfully, with a copy of Lives of Girls and Women. The allusion is appropriate, though Suddenly is not so much an homage to Alice ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Holding Still for as Long as Possible

By Zoe Whittall

In her second novel, Zoe Whittall follows a group of twentysomethings struggling to cope with their complicated lives. Trapped somewhere between growing up and being grown-ups, these would-be adults hide behind excessive drinking and partying, ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Last Shot

By Leon Rooke

As his total number of published short stories exceeds 300, it seems unnecessary to dwell upon Leon Rooke’s much-celebrated productivity. What demands consideration, however, is whether such torrential output can exist without a corresponding dilution ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Hit & Mrs.

By Lesley Crewe

Lesley Crewe’s latest novel is about the bonds of friends and family – and the butt-kicking potential of a little pepper spray and a lot of frothing maternal instinct. Best friends Bette, Gemma, Augusta, and ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors

By Hal Niedzviecki

Toronto writer Hal Niedzviecki has a hard time coming up with good, solid conclusions in his new book, The Peep Diaries. He admits as much in the last chapter. He thought that by the end ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

What’s to Eat? Entrées in Canadian Food History

By Nathalie Cooke, ed.

I’ve always wondered why Canadian Thanksgiving takes place in October. Did it have to do with typical anti-Americanism or was there a more profound reason? What’s to Eat? has the answer. At one time, Canadian ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

Second Person Queer: Who You Are (So Far)

By Richard LaBonté and Lawrence Schimel, eds.

The introduction of Second Person Queer, the companion to the Lambda Award-winning First Person Queer, informs readers that the new volume is meant to be “a mirror of who you are, or perhaps the person ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

What the Thunder Said: Reflections of a Canadian Officer in Kandahar

By Lt.-Col. John Conrad

What the Thunder Said, Lt.-Col. John Conrad’s account of his six-month tour in Kandahar, introduces us to new perspectives on the Canadian experience in Afghanistan, and contains the foundations of a better understanding of that ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller

By Jeff Rubin

For more than 20 years, Jeff Rubin has been known as one of Canada’s top economists, and a major voice for the energy sector. In Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

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