BOOK REVIEWS

Journal

By Marie Uguay; Jennifer Moxley (trans.)

Canadian literature is a multilingual territory, and I will admit that my first introduction to the work and life of French-Canadian poet Marie Uguay comes with the recent publication of her journals in translation. As ... Read More »

February 7, 2024 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Poetry, Reviews

The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey

By Chad Soon and George Chiang; Amy Qi (ill.)

The Longest Shot tells the story of Larry Kwong, who grew up in Chinatown in Vernon, B.C., during the 1920s and 30s, and became the first Asian player in the NHL in 1948. His is ... Read More »

January 31, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Cold

By Drew Hayden Taylor

Cold, the chilling new thriller from prolific Ojibway writer Drew Hayden Taylor, begins with a plane crash. Journalist Fabiola Halan, one of two passengers in a Cessna piloted by Merle Thompson, is on a press ... Read More »

January 17, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Apparitions

By Adam Pottle

With Apparitions, Saskatoon writer and Deaf awareness advocate Adam Pottle (Voice: Adam Pottle on Writing with Deafness) has crafted perhaps the most unsettling novel of the year, an account of violence and despair, isolation and ... Read More »

December 13, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Beautiful Beautiful

By Brandon Reid

Brandon Reid’s debut novel Beautiful Beautiful centres around 12-year-old Derik Mormin, who is Heiltsuk through his father and English through his mother. After living in the city for all of his life, he is detached ... Read More »

December 13, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Cobra and the Key

By Sam Shelstad

The pitch for an article on “demystifying the writing process” that I received in my email within days of reading The Cobra and the Key was the kind of odd, grandiosely worded missive you might ... Read More »

December 13, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ As the Andes Disappeared

By Caroline Dawson; Anita Anand (trans.)

“Our creative process was born there, in the bottom of garbage cans our parents emptied so that we could sit quietly, observing the world and putting it into words,” writes Caroline Dawson in an autobiographical ... Read More »

December 13, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Haunting of Adrian Yates

By Markus Harwood-Jones

Adrian Yates is used to fading into the background, especially at home, where his dads are too busy arguing to pay him any attention. Drifting listlessly through mundane summer days, the only thing tethering Adrian ... Read More »

December 13, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Mehndi Boy

By Zain Bandali and Jani Balakumar (ill.)

A paean to the richness of culture and the inclusivity of art, Mehndi Boy by debut author Zain Bandali is a captivating early chapter book that is as intricate and lush as the henna that ... Read More »

December 12, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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