Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World

By Belle Wuthrich (ill.); Kath Boake W. (ill.); Keltie Thomas

The term climate change often brings to mind unpredictable storms and unseasonable temperatures. But in Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World, it’s clear that we’re in for more than stormy weather as ... Read More »

March 22, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Deep River Night

By Patrick Lane

Dread hangs like a shroud over Patrick Lane’s Deep River Night. The acclaimed Canadian poet’s second novel is set in and around a sprawling lumber facility in B.C. circa 1960. It’s a space where violence ... Read More »

March 22, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The 11th Hour

By Kristine Scarrow

“It is my wish that a book like this one helps to start a conversation about mental illness,” writes Saskatoon novelist Kristine Scarrow in the author’s note of The 11th Hour. This cautionary tale takes ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Cobra Clutch

By A.J. Devlin

If professional wrestling is over the top, it’s not a stretch to assume that a novel set on the fringes of a western Canadian wrestling circuit would be, too. In that respect, A.J. Devlin’s debut ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Things Are Good Now

By Djamila Ibrahim

A pair of story collections from Djamila Ibrahim and Johanna Skibsrud shares one aspect in common: both are tightly organized around a central theme. Ibrahim’s debut collection focuses on the immigrant experience, as well as ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Tiger, Tiger

By Johanna Skibsrud

A Pair of story collections from Djamila Ibrahim and Johanna Skibsrud shares one aspect in common: both are tightly organized around a central theme. Ibrahim’s debut collection focuses on the immigrant experience, as well as ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

On Our Street: Our First Talk About Poverty

By Jaime Casap; Jane Heinrichs (ill.); Jillian Roberts

“Don’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up; ask them what problem they want to solve,” says Jaime Casap, Google’s chief education evangelist. In their non-fiction resource book, Casap and psychologist ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

This Fallen Prey

By Kelley Armstrong

In This Fallen Prey, prolific writer Kelley Armstrong returns (for the third time) to the fictional Rockton, a secretive Yukon town established as a sanctuary for people fleeing threats from the outside world. Casey Butler ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Italian Teacher

By Tom Rachman

Does great art excuse terrible behaviour? What is it like to live in the shadow of a hell-bent genius? These questions drive Tom Rachman’s third novel. Returning, in part, to Rome – the setting for ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World

Deep River Night

The 11th Hour

Cobra Clutch

Things Are Good Now

Tiger, Tiger

On Our Street: Our First Talk About Poverty

This Fallen Prey

The Italian Teacher

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