Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story

The ongoing saga surrounding Toronto’s scandal-saturated mayor, Rob Ford, epitomizes the term “sensational.” The story has virtually everything: illegal drugs, gangsters, political infighting, a whiff of sex, and a hubristic, outsized, fascinatingly flawed leading man. ... Read More »

February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

All the Broken Things

By Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer prefaces her third novel by noting that some of its more putatively dubious plot points are in fact true. Namely, until the late 1970s, Ontario had a bear-wrestling circuit, the Canadian National Exhibition ... Read More »

January 28, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Eye of the Day

By Dennison Smith

The world young Aubrey Brown inhabits in B.C. writer Dennison Smith’s accomplished second novel is one of privilege and leisure. As a member of the affluent and influential New England Shaw-Browns, Aubrey spends his summers ... Read More »

January 21, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography

By Mary Soderstrom

The term “desire lines” refers to the paths of bare earth and worn grass to which pedestrians gravitate, even if a sidewalk or other designated route exists. They result in diagonal slashes across the corners ... Read More »

January 14, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Serafim and Claire

By Mark Lavorato

Montreal writer Mark Lavorato delivers an engaging third novel that does a lovely job infusing history into fiction. Set mostly in 1920s Montreal, Serafim and Claire is loaded with local colour and detail. The historical ... Read More »

January 7, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Desperates

By Greg Kearney

ReLit Award–winning author Greg Kearney wants to shock you with his debut novel. He wants to shock you with its frank depictions of gay sex. He wants to shock you with its nihilistic undercurrents and ... Read More »

December 16, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Building the Orange Wave: The Inside Story Behind the Historic Rise of Jack Layton and the NDP

By Brad Lavigne

Written by Brad Lavigne, the NDP’s campaign director for the 2011 federal election, Building the Orange Wave is an excellent case study in how to build momentum, promote an agenda, and get a candidate noticed. ... Read More »

December 9, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

No One to Tell: Breaking My Silence on Life in the RCMP

By Janet Merlo

The image of Canada’s iconic RCMP has long been burnished by strategic marketing, culminating in the recent release of Mattel’s limited-edition RCMP Barbie doll. While the toy has proved to be a hit, its timing ... Read More »

December 2, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Road Ends

By Mary Lawson

Like many Canadian writers, Mary Lawson casts her glance backward, telling historical stories of rural life that dwell almost as much on snowy landscapes as the complex characters who inhabit them. There is great tragedy ... Read More »

November 25, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Longer I’m Prime Minister: Stephen Harper and Canada, 2006

To the exaltation of many Canadians, the outrage of many others, and the sheer incomprehension of most in the country’s chattering classes, Stephen Harper has survived and prospered as prime minister for the past seven ... Read More »

November 20, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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