Winter in Hollywood

By the sound of it, Winter in Hollywood should be a warm, glamorous affair packed with decorated palm trees, brushes with celebrities, and yoga classes full of people grimly working out their New Year’s resolutions. ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Saving Rome

By Megan K. Williams

People have a tendency to romanticize places like Rome. We think of ancient ruins, glamorous Italians with dazzling smiles and sexy accents, fabulous cafés, and zippy red sports cars. But once you’ve lived there, breathing ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Virgin Spy

By Krista Bridge

This engaging debut collection of nine short stories by Toronto author Krista Bridge contains an assortment of compelling, intriguing, likable, moody, and introspective heroines. Stories in The Virgin Spy focus on domestic life and the ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Havana Best Friends

By José Latour

José Latour’s new novel delivers everything one could ask for in a mystery: suspense, strong characters, an intriguing plot with many twists, violence that serves the story and ramps up the tension, and a setting ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Baby Khaki’s Wings

By Anar Ali

Anar Ali’s first book is made up of a series of seven diverse and compelling stories centred on the Ismaili community, a Muslim sect with origins in India but with a wide diaspora that includes ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Going Top Shelf: An Anthology of Canadian Hockey Poetry

By Michael P.J. Kennedy, ed.

It’s bad enough that hockey monopolizes both television and the national consciousness for the bulk of each year — now it’s invading the poetry shelves as well? What is the world coming to? I would ... Read More »

May 17, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

The Immaculate Conception

By Gaétan Soucy; Lazer Lederhendler, trans.

Anyone interested in French Canadian literature will want to read Gaétan Soucy’s The Immaculate Conception. Not only does it deal with many of the themes that preoccupied Quebec writers during the second half of the ... Read More »

May 17, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Watermelon Social

By Elaine McCluskey

Despite the insistence of too many TV shows, stories of the suburbs don’t have to include big and dark revelations to provoke interest. Take The Watermelon Social, the first collection from Elaine McCluskey. The people ... Read More »

May 17, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

A Deadly Little List

By Kay Stewart and Chris Bullock

A Deadly Little List is the first novel by Kay Stewart and Chris Bullock. Appropriately, the two authors have given readers two protagonists. Arthur Fairweather works as a freelance drama critic for Victoria’s daily newspaper. ... Read More »

May 17, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Restoration of Emily

By Kim Moritsugu

Kim Moritsugu’s The Restoration of Emily is a very funny, sometimes suspenseful novel for grown-ups. Women of a certain age with adolescent sons will find it particularly appealing. So will those who have had the ... Read More »

May 15, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Winter in Hollywood

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Baby Khaki’s Wings

Going Top Shelf: An Anthology of Canadian Hockey Poetry

The Immaculate Conception

The Watermelon Social

A Deadly Little List

The Restoration of Emily

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