The Carbon Bubble: What Happens to Us When It Bursts

When Stephen Harper went all-in on his gamble that Canada could become a world-leading oil producer, he set the country up for international environmental pariah status. He also, argues Jeff Rubin, made a dramatic and ... Read More »

May 14, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Boring Girls

By Sara Taylor

The literary debut by Toronto singer-songwriter Sara Taylor (who fronts the band the Birthday Massacre) follows a teenage girl’s struggle to fit in, her discovery of metal music, and involvement in a band – oh, ... Read More »

May 11, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Gracelessland

By Adam Lindsay Honsinger

Set in 1978, the debut novel from Toronto writer and teacher Adam Lindsay Honsinger begins with perhaps the most poorly planned caper in recent literary memory. Armed with only bolt cutters, bananas, and a typewriter, ... Read More »

May 11, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dogs and Underdogs: Finding Happiness at Both Ends of the Leash

By Elizabeth Abbott

Admirers of Toronto writer Elizabeth Abbott’s non-fiction may be surprised by her new book. While her previous titles – including A History of Marriage and Sugar: A Bittersweet History – were characterized by academic exuberance ... Read More »

May 7, 2015 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

★ Harmless

By James Grainger

“How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon.” Dr. Seuss’s quip might well serve as an epigraph for James Grainger’s superb debut novel. This taut, timely tale keenly dissects the ... Read More »

May 4, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Red Jacket

By Pamela Mordecai

The first novel from Jamaican-born poet, short-story writer, and scholar Pamela Mordecai is a deliberately paced, trenchant story of one woman’s coming of age on the fictional Caribbean island of St. Chris, and her difficult ... Read More »

April 27, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Where Did You Sleep Last Night

By Lynn Crosbie

In November of 1993, six months before his death, Kurt Cobain performed a searing cover of Lead Belly’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” during an acoustic show for MTV in New York. Perched delicately ... Read More »

April 20, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Daddy Lenin and Other Stories

By Guy Vanderhaeghe

In a 2011 article in The Globe and Mail, writer Patricia Dawn Robertson calls Guy Vanderhaeghe “Canada’s greatest chronicler of the West,” a reference to the Saskatchewan author’s historical epics The Englishman’s Boy (which won ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Confidence

By Russell Smith

Russell Smith’s new collection of short stories won’t leave you feeling wonderful about the human race. His characters reveal themselves to be liars and cheats, manipulators, and careerists, all doing their best to hold things ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Born to Walk: The Transformative Power of a Pedestrian Act

By Dan Rubinstein

Dan Rubinstein is obsessed with walking. The journalist and magazine editor’s new book presents a thoroughly researched argument testifying to the fact that walking is good – for our bodies, minds, spirits, societies, economy, creativity, ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

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