No Good Brother

Tyler Keevil writes stories about men doing manly things. In this, his most immediate and significant literary predecessor is Hemingway, but Keevil also stakes out ground among a group of younger Canadian writers – Kevin ... Read More »

September 6, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Sealskin

By Tyler Keevil

September 6, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Threads

By Torill Kove

Separation is the first anxiety most of us experience; infants feel it even when their parent is in the same room. Whether it be the first day of school, a breakup, or even a death, ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

I’m Glad That You’re Happy

By Nahid Kazemi

Separation is the first anxiety most of us experience; infants feel it even when their parent is in the same room. Whether it be the first day of school, a breakup, or even a death, ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Sleep, Sheep!

By Guillaume Perreault (ill.); Kerry Lyn Sparrow

Duncan is a master of endless delays, at least when it comes to sleeping. While he relishes the routine leading up to bedtime – the snacks, the taste of bubble-gum toothpaste – sleeping itself is ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Go Show the World

By Joe Morse (ill.); Wab Kinew

Wab Kinew – a high-profile politician, honourary witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and hip-hop musician – has turned his attention to picture books with Go Show the World, which is built around the ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Earthrise: Apollo 8 and the Photo That Changed the World

By Christy Lundy (ill.); James Gladstone

“Wow, is that pretty!” seems like an underwhelming way to sum up one of history’s most iconic and mind-expanding moments. But that’s exactly how NASA astronaut Bill Anders characterized the view as planet Earth filled ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Accidental Education of Jerome Lupien

By Yves Beauchemin; Wayne Grady (trans.)

In the ominous opening pages of Yves Beauchemin’s new tome, the moon looks “as if it had been dipped in blood,” which matches the titular protagonist’s “shock of gorgeous red hair that gave him the ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs

By Kate Messner; Matthew Forsythe (ill.)

A trio of marine-themed children’s books takes a deep dive into oceanic settings – from a scientific expedition to a practical call to action to a harmonious tale of spiritual wonderment. The Brilliant Deep, by ... Read More »

August 30, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books