Epiphany: A Christian’s Change of Heart and Mind Over Same-sex Marriage

It’s often been observed that we grow more conservative and fixed in our opinions as we age. All the more remarkable, then, is author and broadcaster Michael Coren’s “conversion on the road to the rainbow”: ... Read More »

May 3, 2016 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

OCDaniel

By Wesley King

A sensitive, occasionally painful story about troubled teens, and a cross-dimensional adventure featuring aerial battles between fire-breathing dragons and drones armed with machine guns – at first, there seems to be very little in common ... Read More »

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

Precious Cargo: My Year Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077

By Craig Davidson

In the summer of 2008, Craig Davidson was at a low point in his life. Having been hailed as “one to watch” thanks to his debut short-story collection, Rust and Bone, expectations were high for ... Read More »

May 3, 2016 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Everyday Hero

By Kathleen Cherry

Everyday Hero and Don’t Tell, Don’t Tell, Don’t Tell both feature main characters who are identified as having Asperger’s, and explore the complex behavioural and communication aspects that can accompany the syndrome. Kathleen Cherry’s middle-grade ... Read More »

May 2, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Mexican Hooker #1: And My Other Roles Since the Revolution

By Carmen Aguirre

There are few of us whose adult selves are not heavily influenced by our childhoods. All the embarrassing, sad, happy, or frightening personal actions and events we remember, retell, dismiss, or suppress, greatly determine the ... Read More »

April 28, 2016 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Shooter

By Caroline Pignat

Fresh off her second Governor General’s Literary Award win, Caroline Pignat delivers a YA novel that echoes the beloved 1985 movie The Breakfast Club, but set against the very modern, much more serious backdrop of ... Read More »

April 28, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

My Book of Birds

By Geraldo Valério

The illustrations are the star of this oversized hardcover that operates as a scrapbook for beginning bird lovers. Author and illustrator Geraldo Valério uses collage to construct the vibrant and beautiful images of North American ... Read More »

April 25, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Yiddish for Pirates

By Gary Barwin

Among the cascading absurdities, ironies, and japeries that attach to Gary Barwin’s debut novel for adults, the most outrageous has nothing to do with the book’s content. It concerns the fact that Barwin – a ... Read More »

April 25, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Slacker

By Gordon Korman

Cameron Boxer has built a lifestyle around playing video games. He’s got a sweet setup in the basement, flies completely under the radar at school, and his biggest problem is deciding which of his friends, ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Half-Truths and Brazen Lies: An Honest Look at Lying

By Kira Vermond; Clayton Hanmer (illus.)

No one likes to be called a liar, but the truth is, everybody is guilty of telling a fib once in a while. Some of us do it a lot. One study revealed that six ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

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