All the Beloved Ghosts

Provocative commentary decrying the death of certain literary forms has become so common that it practically constitutes its own genre. Poetry dies several times a year, and short fiction often seems to be on life ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Dragon Springs Road

By Janie Chang

Janie Chang’s second novel is a remarkable read, brimming with magic and the grit of realism. According to a blog post, the author originally intended to write the story of a real-life Cinderella, Luo Jialing, ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Wolfie and Fly

By Cary Fagan; Zoe Si (ill.)

Almost everything Cary Fagan writes for young people – from his Kaspar Snit books to his instalment of Mordecai Richler’s Jacob Two-Two series – is primed with a light coat of magic. Two of his ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Little Blue Chair

By Cary Fagan; Madeline Kloepper (ill.)

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Gold

By David Carpenter

Canadian history is inextricably connected to geography. And Canadian fiction seems endlessly absorbed with a reckoning between the land and the humans who exploit it. Saskatchewan’s David Carpenter has staked out one indelible corner of ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do

By Ashley Spires

Conquering fears is a big part of childhood. Kids are confronted with scary new things on a regular basis: the dark, the monster under the bed, climbing a tree, a move to a new neighbourhood. ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Milo and Georgie

By Bree Galbraith; Josée Bisaillon (ill.)

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Underneath the Sidewalk

By Claire Eamer; Thomas Gibault (ill.)

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Churchill and the Dardanelles: Myth, Memory, and Reputation

By Christopher M. Bell

In 1915, Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, seized on an idea to attack the Ottoman Empire by getting a fleet through the straits of the Dardanelles. His hope was that success would ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: History, Politics & Current Affairs

The Lotterys Plus One

By Caroline Hadilaksono (ill.); Emma Donoghue

Nine-year-old Sumac Lottery is not at all pleased when her estranged grandfather arrives in Toronto from the Yukon for an undetermined amount of time. The old man just doesn’t appreciate or fit into Camelottery, the ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Quill and Quire

All the Beloved Ghosts

★ Dragon Springs Road

Wolfie and Fly

Little Blue Chair

The Gold

The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do

Milo and Georgie

Underneath the Sidewalk

★ Churchill and the Dardanelles: Myth, Memory, and Reputation

The Lotterys Plus One

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