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Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo

Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo is the true story of Gentil Misigaro, a young Congolese man who fled the constant violence and warfare of his country to settle as a refugee in Winnipeg. ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City

By Lisa Charleyboy (ed.); Mary Beth Leatherdale (ed.)

“So, just how connected are you to your Indigenous roots if you live downtown?” This is the key question posed by editors Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale in Urban Tribes. Charleyboy and Leatherdale are ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Sold Down the Yangtze: Canada’s Lopsided Investment Deal with China

By Gus Van Harten

Sold Down the Yangtze, by Osgoode Hall law professor Gus Van Harten, is an incredibly in-depth treatment of a very complex and potentially important issue – but that doesn’t make it a good book. An ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Ben Says Goodbye

By Sarah Ellis; Kim La Fave (illus.)

Veteran children’s author (and Q&Q contributing editor) Sarah Ellis adds another title to her Ben series of picture books (produced in collaboration with illustrator Kim La Fave). This touching, realistically told story of a little ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ten Women

By George Bowering

First, there is the matter of the title. George Bowering’s story collection does indeed comprise 10 stories, each designated by a woman’s name, but only two and a half of them focus directly on the ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians

By Gordon Laxer

Perhaps able to foresee that even the longest federal election campaign in Canadian history would fail to prioritize the serious consequences of climate change, University of Alberta professor emeritus Gordon Laxer has gone ahead and ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown

By Adam Shoalts

In his recent biography of Roald Amundsen, The Last Viking, Stephen R. Bown describes the Norwegian explorer’s awareness of living at a time when the window for achieving greatness in an expeditionary context was closing. ... Read More »

December 14, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Science, Technology & Environment

Franklin’s Lost Ship: The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus

By Alanna Mitchell; John Geiger

In 1845, legendary British naval officer and explorer Sir John Franklin led two ships on an expedition from England in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. The ships and their crew of 129 people were ... Read More »

December 14, 2015 | Filed under: History

Life Sketches

By Robert Bateman

In his new memoir, Robert Bateman, the octogenarian painter, naturalist, and conservationist – who has received immense commercial success during his long artistic career – reflects on the entirety of his life’s work. Born in ... Read More »

December 10, 2015 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Scenes from the Epic Life of a Total Genius

By Stacey Matson

Vancouver author Stacey Matson’s second instalment in the Genius trilogy (following A Year in the Life of a Total and Complete Genius) once again finds Arthur Bean, our excitable and ambitious hero, struggling with unpopularity, ... Read More »

December 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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