★ Astray

Following her 2010 Rogers Writers’ Trust Award–winning novel, Room, Emma Donoghue’s new story collection is an exploration of what it means to be the Other. Portrayed with uncanny insight and compassion, the characters who people ... Read More »

October 29, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Psychology and Other Stories

By C.P. Boyko

There is no story called “Psychology” in C.P. Boyko’s second collection. Instead, Boyko’s stories boldly assert that the practice of psychology – along with its cousins, psychiatry, psychotherapy, and self-help – is a type of ... Read More »

October 22, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Poison Shy

By Stacey Madden

The title of Stacey Madden’s debut novel refers to a term used in the extermination trade to describe how a pest learns to avoid poisons it has already encountered. In the human context the phrase ... Read More »

October 19, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Underwater Welder

By Jeff Lemire

Acclaimed graphic novelist Jeff Lemire leaves behind the flatlands of Essex County for a tale of what lies in the depths of a troubled mind. Confronted with the anxieties of impending fatherhood, Jack, a diver ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Graphica

Past to Present: A Reporter’s Story of War, Spies, People and Politics

By William Stevenson

One thing is certain: William Stevenson has led an uncommon life. Wartime aviator, journalist, intelligence operative, filmmaker, friend to presidents and kings, confidant to socialist agents, amateur marine biologist – he has donned countless lifetimes’ ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape

By Candace Savage

Saskatchewan author Candace Savage is enamoured of Prairie landscapes. The author of more than two dozen books for adults and children, Savage’s newest is an exploration of the area around Eastend, Saskatchewan, as well as ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: History

The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten the West?

By Doug Saunders

In a refreshing break from the past decade’s monotonous stream of Muslim-baiting titles, Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders sets out to demolish what he sees as myths surrounding immigration, Islam, and alleged national security ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen

By Stephen Bown

The Arctic was the final frontier of the age of terrestrial exploration, and Roald Amundsen, arguably the greatest of all polar explorers, knew it. At the start of the 20th century, aware that the window ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: History

Swallow

By Theanna Bischoff

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. Borrowing from the well-known children’s nursery rhyme, the opening lines of Theanna Bischoff’s second novel introduce a metaphor that unfolds as the story does. Darcy, a ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Milosz

By Cordelia Strube

In her ninth novel, Cordelia Strube continues to examine the complexities of contemporary life with equal doses comedy and misanthropy. Milo Krupi is an underemployed actor in his late thirties living in Toronto. His girlfriend ... Read More »