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Let It Destroy You

A complex and magnificent drama is about to be explained. This is the promise of Let It Destroy You as the novel opens on physicist August Snow on the eve of his trial for war ... Read More »

June 14, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Heart Berry Bling

By Jenny Kay Dupuis and Eva Campbell (ill.)

Heart Berry Bling, by Anishinaabe/Ojibway author Jenny Kay Dupuis, is a picture book that teaches readers about both beadwork and the Indian Act. After being dropped off at her grandmother’s place in the city, narrator ... Read More »

June 14, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Next of Twin

By Jass Aujla

At the request of her dying mother, Riah Arora has pressed pause on her life of crime to search for her long-lost twin. However, instead of the heartwarming reunion and instant bond we may expect ... Read More »

June 12, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Redemption Ground: Essays and Adventures

By Lorna Goodison

Jamaica’s former poet laureate and Queen’s Gold Medal recipient Lorna Goodison is a deeply established writer who has published 15 poetry collections, a number of short story collections, and a memoir. Redemption Ground, a collection ... Read More »

June 7, 2023 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Memoir & Biography, Poetry, Reviews

Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey Through Mental Health

By Jason Schreurs

Can unconstrained caterwauling, deafening decibels, and a thoroughly nonconformist ethos provide a balm to soothe psychological woes? The answer is an emphatic yes, says Jason Schreurs, a long-time music journalist and lifelong punk rock ... Read More »

June 7, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Health & Self-help, Reviews

Grounded

By Aisha Saeed; Huda Al-Marashi; Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow; S.K. Ali

Grounded takes off from the (fictional) American Zora Neale Hurston airport, where 11-year-old Hanna Chen, an outspoken animal rights activist – and member of the Animal Allies online forum – is determinedly wandering through the ... Read More »

June 7, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

City of Neighbors

By Andrea Curtis and Katy Dockrill (ill.)

City of Neighbors, the latest title in the ThinkCities series, celebrates city living, with a focus on urban neighbourhoods and neighbourly connections. This illustrated nonfiction book envelops readers in the sights, tastes, smells, and sounds ... Read More »

June 5, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ The Morning Bell Brings the Broken Hearted

By Jennifer Manuel

Jennifer Manuel’s debut novel, The Heaviness of Things That Float, told the story of a white nurse who spends 40 years serving a remote First Nations community in northwestern B.C. That book, which won ... Read More »

May 31, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Best Way to Get Your Way

By Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Chanelle Nibbelink (ill.)

The Best Way to Get Your Way by Vancouver author Tanya Lloyd Kyi is a rousing introduction to the art of debate and offers a crash course in critical thinking. Pairs of fictional tween speakers ... Read More »

May 31, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Seen

By Nadia Devi Umadat and Christine Wei (ill.)

A little girl moves from her war-torn home country, location unnamed, to live in a place she’s never been before. After arriving, the girl, her mother, and her sister all adjust to life in a ... Read More »

May 29, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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