Creep

It should be the happiest time of her life, but Dr. Sheila Tao has never been so miserable. She’s a tenured professor of psychology at Puget Sound University. She’s engaged. Everything is perfect – except ... Read More »

July 18, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Various Positions

By Martha Schabas

Georgia, the teenaged protagonist of Martha Schabas’s debut novel, is nearly out of middle school. She can’t wait to ditch her uncouth peers for the purity and purposefulness of freshman year at the Royal Toronto ... Read More »

July 11, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Next Day

By Paul Peterson and Jason Gilmore; John Porcellino, illus.

Suicide and the mental illnesses that lead to it are not often discussed publicly, save for the occasional sober current affairs piece in the media. This is problematic because the conditions that lead people to ... Read More »

June 27, 2011 | Filed under: Graphica

Reinventing the Rose

By Kenneth J. Harvey

If there isn’t a category of literature known as Maritime Postmodern, Kenneth J. Harvey continues to make a case that there should be, with himself as its leading proponent. Like 2006’s Inside, about a wrongly ... Read More »

June 20, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

How Shakespeare Changed Everything

By Stephen Marche

It is clear from the opening paragraphs of this charming tribute that novelist and culture columnist Stephen Marche is besotted by the Bard. This highly accessible paean to someone whom Marche describes as “the world’s ... Read More »

June 13, 2011 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Alone in the Classroom

By Elizabeth Hay

For many, the title of Elizabeth Hay’s new novel will resurrect unpleasant memories. Who among us did not suffer cruel teasing, bullying, or punishment in the classroom for sins such as failing to master math, ... Read More »

June 9, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Chimo

By David Collier

For over 20 years, David Collier has made comics about Canada’s freaks, weirdos, and underdogs. In Chimo, he changes course, dramatizing his own struggle to re-enlist in the Canadian military after hitting 40. His goal ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Graphica

Folk

By Jacob McArthur Mooney

Inspired in part by the 1998 crash of Swiss-air Flight 111 offshore of Nova Scotia, Jacob McArthur Mooney’s second collection examines human tragedy and the limits of community. Folk undertakes an intelligent effort to reject ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Poetry

On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My Life

By Rupinder Gill

Rupinder Gill is the daughter of immigrant Punjabi parents who were masters at saying no. No sleepovers. No tennis lessons. No fun. Instead, she and her four siblings had two options for after-school activities: clean ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Reference

Erasing Memory

By Scott Thornley

Why do crime-fiction readers love series so much? The best explanation I can come up with involves merging two oft-repeated axioms: “get in late, leave early” and “leave ’em wanting more.” The best series fiction ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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