The Witches of New York

For a novel that purports to be about female rebellion, Ami McKay’s The Witches of New York is uncomfortably twee. It tells the story of Adelaide Thom (who figured, as Moth, in McKay’s previous novel, ... Read More »

October 13, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ French Toast

By Kari-Lynn Winters‚ François Thisdale (ill.)

It’s not easy feeling different, especially when it seems all the other kids fit in. Two new picture books gently and playfully take on these insecurities and turn them into celebrations of diversity. In French ... Read More »

October 12, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Don’t I Know You?

By Marni Jackson

While the pop-culture imprint of the music video for Kanye West’s “Famous” was less indelible than its creator expected, the clip’s basic thesis holds up: “Celebrities – they’re just like us!” The floating, Lost Highway–like ... Read More »

October 11, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Last Bullet Is for You

By Martine Delvaux; David Homel (trans.)

In June of 2012, at the age of 23, Quebec writer Vickie Gendreau was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour. Her response was to write through the comingled grief, anger, confusion, and frustration that accompanied ... Read More »

October 5, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

And Then the Sky Exploded

By David A. Poulsen

When Chris Larkin's great-grandfather (GG Will) dies, the almost-14-year-old learns a few things: there was once an initiative called the Manhattan Project, GG Will was one of the scientists who worked on it, and the ... Read More »

October 5, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Belief

By Mayank Bhatt

Novelist Mayank Bhatt, who immigrated to Canada from Mumbai in 2008, delivers a taut, timely debut focused on one immigrant family and the devastating experience that threatens to destroy the life they have struggled to ... Read More »

October 5, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Testament

By Vickie Gendreau; Aimee Wall (trans.)

October 3, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ After James

By Michael Helm

Michael Helm has spent his career probing the relationship between the intellectual and the physical. He tackled the subject in his first two novels, The Projectionist and In the Place of Last Things, by exploring ... Read More »

October 3, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Watching Traffic

By Jane Ozkowski

YA novels are known for parsing familiar, relevant themes of bullying, mental health, and the exasperating social strata of adolescence. Toronto writer Jane Ozkowski’s debut, Watching Traffic, sets itself apart by concentrating on the tension ... Read More »

October 3, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I’ve Known

By Danila Botha

When Danila Botha burst onto the scene in 2010 with the story collection Got No Secrets, she was hailed as an emerging literary talent. Her voice was fresh, raw, and honest; her debut quickly established ... Read More »

October 3, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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