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★ Chasing Utopia: The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel

Reading David Leach’s thoroughly researched and expertly envisioned new book, one cannot help but be reminded of the twin etymology of the word “utopia.” The term comes from both the Greek eu topos, meaning a ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Queer Progress: From Homophobia to Homonationalism

By Tim McCaskell

Tim McCaskell is often referred to as a granddaddy of gay activism in Canada, though he’s suggested he prefers the term “dinosaur.” In his exhaustive history of LGBT politics in Toronto and beyond, McCaskell tracks ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Swinging Through Dixie

By Leon Rooke

Toward the end of her fine new collection of deceptively expansive short stories, Kathy Page unfurls a little number called “Daddy,” told from the point of view of a child spelunking with his (her?) father ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Downside Up

By Richard Scrimger

Life has not been easy recently for 11-year-old Fred Berdit. Fred has been feeling pretty low since he came down for breakfast one morning to find his beloved dog, Casey, dead on the floor, his ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Into the Sun

By Deni Ellis Béchard

They can be found in every contemporary war zone – daredevil journalists, amoral mercenaries, and assorted foreign do-gooders. Some go seeking adventure, some are addicted to warfare, and others are plagued by liberal guilt over ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Level the Playing Field: The Past, Present, and Future of Women’s Pro Sports

By Kristina Rutherford

In her wide-ranging examination of the world of women’s professional sports, author and sports journalist Kristina Rutherford details the many struggles female professional athletes face. She takes readers through history to the present, showing how ... Read More »

September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Notes from a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life

By Erin Wunker

Rebecca Solnit’s essay collection Men Explain Things to Me and Roxanne Gay’s Bad Feminist opened the floodgates for a spate of similar works from writers ruminating on the exasperating experience of being female in today’s ... Read More »

September 28, 2016 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Freedom’s Just Another Word

By Caroline Stellings

Growing up in Saskatoon in 1970 with a black father and a white mother is a challenge for Easy (short for Louisiana), but it’s not all bad: her father has trained her as an auto ... Read More »

September 27, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Hurry Up, Henry

By Jennifer Lanthier‚ Isabelle Malenfant (ill.)

From three great talents in Canadian children’s literature come two picture books that highlight some of the more challenging aspects of childhood. In Jeremy Tankard’s Hungry Bird, Bird is hangry. In Hurry Up, Henry by ... Read More »

September 27, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War

By Deborah Campbell

B.C. author Deborah Campbell, a self-styled “immersive journalist” who has published in Harper’s, The Walrus, and elsewhere, sees it as her goal to “bridge the gap between the readers of magazines I write for … ... Read More »

September 22, 2016 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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