★ I Love My Purse

One day, Charlie decides to wear the bright red purse his grandma gave him. When Dad objects that boys don’t wear purses, Charlie says, “But I love my purse!” At school, his friends also ask ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

First Snow, Last Light

By Wayne Johnston

The publication of Wayne Johnston’s 1998 novel, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, brought as much consternation as praise. While Johnston’s portrayal of Newfoundland’s “father of Confederation,” Joey Smallwood, proved contentious, another character emerged as a ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend

By Josh Holinaty (ill.); Naseem Hrab

Humour abounds in the debut picture book from Kids Can Press marketing director Naseem Hrab. As the new kid in town, Ira Crumb knows how important it is that he makes friends before school starts ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ If Clara

By Martha Baillie

Martha Baillie’s sixth novel is a metafictional story told from the points of view of four characters: Clara, a reclusive, mentally ill writer; Julia, a curator and Clara’s sister, who questions Clara’s sanity; Maurice, Julia’s ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Zero Repeat Forever

By G.S. Prendergast

The first novel in G.R. Prendergast’s Nahx Invasions series introduces readers to a dystopian Earth under attack from an alien species. No one knows why the Nahx are invading, only that the siege is ruthless ... Read More »

August 9, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Dead Husband Project

By Sarah Meehan Sirk

There’s a moment in the title story of Toronto writer and CBC Radio producer Sarah Meehan Sirk’s debut collection when the eponymous husband – who has miraculously recovered from a terminal illness, thereby scuppering his ... Read More »

August 9, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

When Planet Earth Was New

By James Gladstone; Katherine Diemert (ill.)

If the first book by author James Gladstone and illustrator Katherine Diemert were a short educational film, its soundtrack would be early Pink Floyd or something else suitably trippy. When Planet Earth Was New is ... Read More »

August 9, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Strangers with the Same Dream

By Alison Pick

What is our responsibility to strangers? Who do we help, love, and decide to make a part of our family and community? These are some of the questions explored in Alison Pick’s engrossing third novel. ... Read More »

August 9, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Bellevue Square

By Michael Redhill

With Bellevue Square, the first panel of a projected triptych titled Modern Ghosts, Michael Redhill puts his protagonist, Jean Mason, through wringer after wringer. As witnesses and vicarious participants, readers can appreciate Jean’s otherworldly predicaments, ... Read More »

July 31, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Leap!

By JonArno Lawson; Josée Bisaillon (ill.)

In this poetic picture-book romp, an agitated, fidgety flea jumps directly into the path of a grasshopper, which sets off a comical, commotion-filled chain reaction, with each successive leap more dramatic than the one before. ... Read More »

July 31, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

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