Mighty Mission Machines: From Rockets to Rovers

By Dave Williams; Loredana Cunti; Theo Krynauw (ill.)

Despite the best efforts of people like Chris Hadfield, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and J.J. Abrams, we’ve been living through a bit of a space enthusiasm desert. These days, young people are more focused on the ... Read More »

May 7, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Why Indigenous Literatures Matter

By Daniel Heath Justice

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve no doubt encountered ongoing public conversations about Indigenous writing and storytelling. What is it? Whom should we read? And perhaps the most contentious debate: who gets to ... Read More »

May 3, 2018 | Filed under: Native Peoples, Politics & Current Affairs

The Bagel King

By Andrew Larsen; Sandy Nichols (ill.)

Andrew Larsen’s The Bagel King is the endearing tale of a zaida and his grandson Eli, and how they bond over a Sunday ritual of eating bagels: “Warm. Chewy. Salty. Bagels.” Until one day Zaida ... Read More »

May 3, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Boys: What It Means to Become a Man

By Rachel Giese

Will boys be boys? In the face of rising feminist visibility and the concomitant backlash against it, what it means to grow up male is increasingly under interrogation. Boys: What It Means to Become a ... Read More »

April 30, 2018 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs

Why Young Men: Rage, Race and the Crisis of Identity

By Jamil Jivani

April 30, 2018 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Journey Forward, A Novella on Reconciliation: When We Play Our Drums, They Sing!

By Richard Van Camp

The two stories that comprise this flipbook from B.C. publisher McKellar & Martin take a measured approach to teaching readers about the history of residential schools and the ongoing legacy of pain they caused, but ... Read More »

April 30, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Journey Forward, A Novella on Reconciliation: Lucy & Lola

By Monique Gray Smith

April 30, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Theory of Bastards

By Audrey Schulman

Described by its publisher as a literary novel that is not quite dystopian, Audrey Schulman’s Theory of Bastards offers readers an interesting premise with potential that is never fully realized. The novel follows scientist Francine ... Read More »

April 23, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Generous Latitude

By Lenea Grace

Aidan Chafe’s Short Histories of Light is a largely autobiographical debut that looks at trauma, addiction, religion, migration, and myth. A key preoccupation of this book is the institutions that shape our lives – whether ... Read More »

April 23, 2018 | Filed under: Poetry