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Hysteria

When approaching Elisabeth de Mariaffi’s taut and propulsive psychological thriller, it’s helpful to look at the controversial history of hysteria as a medical diagnosis, which has been used to degrade and control women for millennia. ... Read More »

January 26, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Can Your Outfit Change the World?

By Erinne Paisley

Victoria-born activist Erinne Paisley made headlines in 2015 when she used her high school prom dress – handcrafted out of old math homework – to make some incisive statements about the lack of access to ... Read More »

January 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow

By Jan Thornhill

Award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill has a passion for nature that runs deep. From her first picture book, The Wildlife ABC (1988), to this most recent title, The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow, ... Read More »

January 26, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me

By David Gutnick; Mathilde Cinq-Mars (ill.)

Different generations and cultures are drawn together by the love of music in this gentle picture book by CBC Radio documentary writer David Gutnick. The book is based on a true story taken from the ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ophelia

By Charlotte Gingras; Daniel Sylvestre (ill.); Christelle Morelli (trans.); Susan Ouriou (trans.)

No one texts in the YA novel Ophelia, or Snapchats, plays video games, or watches YouTube. The characters still do teenager-y things – graffiti alleyways, have sex, gossip, bully, and body shame each other – ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Dictionary of Animal Languages

By Heidi Sopinka

About a third of the way into Heidi Sopinka’s debut novel, the author describes a painting her protagonist, an artist named Ivory Frame, executes while still a student: There is a group of gluttonous grotesque ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Edging Forward: Achieving Sustainable Community Development

By Ann Dale

With a constant stream of newsfeed images showing communities caught up in extreme weather events – catastrophic floods, droughts, and wildfires – juxtaposed against increasingly outrageous political stories and fake news, it’s often difficult to ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Zolitude

By Paige Cooper

Given how often the stories in Paige Cooper’s debut feature solitary characters flailing for connection, readers might be forgiven for assuming the title is just some kind of clever millennial distortion of the English word ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

A Day with Yayah

By Julie Flett (ill.); Nicola I. Campbell

“Yayah, what are they called in our language?” asks the children on the first page of A Day with Yayah, pointing to trees and plants while on a family gathering excursion. This radiant picture book, ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Ice Chips and the Magical Rink

By Kerry MacGregor; Kim Smith (ill.); Roy MacGregor

Best friends Lucas, Edge, Swift, and Crunch are huge hockey fans whose beloved local skating rink might shut down because of equipment problems. They take what they think will be their last skate at the ... Read More »

January 22, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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