In 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe André was kidnapped while working in the town of Nazran, located in Ingushetia, a small Russian republic west of Chechnya. André was held captive for 111 ... Read More »
Life is changing for 11-year-old Henry, and not necessarily in ways he likes. He’s been okay with a baby brother arriving on the scene after 10 years of being an only child, okay with his ... Read More »
May 4, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
When Philip Sharpe – philosophy professor, bestselling author, and left-wing public intellectual – makes a phenomenally ill-advised remark on live TV, his “slip” goes viral, sending the rest of his life into a tailspin. It’s ... Read More »
May 4, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Where it Hurts, by University of Northern British Columbia associate professor Sarah De Leeuw, details (among other things) the author’s life and times as a restless yet perceptive resident of remote outposts in northern B.C., ... Read More »
May 3, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews
Alice Kuipers seems to have a direct conduit to the teenage mind. Her young-adult novels capture the lives of regular, relatable teens without veering toward the sanitized or the cringe-inducing, so-raw-it-must-be-real pitfalls that can trip ... Read More »
May 2, 2017
Some novels draw you in; Blue Field drags you under and keeps clamping down, an exercise in storytelling as centrifugal force. A good portion of Elise Levine’s first book in more than a decade takes ... Read More »
May 1, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Based on the conversational style, cultural relevance, and range of her work – which encompasses everything from current events newspieces to pop-culture listicles to personal essays, often about her family or Indian heritage – Toronto ... Read More »
April 24, 2017 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Reviews
Waking up in the morning can be a challenge, but less so if you have someone who knows just the right combination of tickles, songs, and kisses to get you up and out of bed. ... Read More »
April 24, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
In August 1972, Idi Amin demanded that all Asians exit Uganda in 90 days. In the neighbouring countries of Tanzania and Kenya, Asians – or Muhindi as they were known – found themselves on edge. ... Read More »
April 24, 2017 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews
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