The Emperor of Any Place

Themes of loss, historical trauma, and the subjectivity of memory are not exactly rare in Canadian fiction, even in books aimed at younger readers. However, the ambitious new novel by celebrated kidlit veteran Tim Wynne-Jones ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Year of Borrowed Men

By Michelle Barker; Renné Benoit (illus.)

“I was seven when the French prisoners of war arrived at our house.” From this opening sentence, Michelle Barker’s picture book introduces a challenging issue to its young audience. Based on the experiences of the ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Heyday

By Marnie Woodrow

With Heyday, novelist and playwright Marnie Woodrow has deftly threaded two parallel narratives from very different time periods. The contemporary half of her story ambitiously relies on the inner thoughts of Joss, a recovering alcoholic ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-first Year

By Ian Brown

At 50, we can indulge the fiction that we are still middle-aged. By 60, that’s impossible, unless delusion prevails. Toronto writer Ian Brown is the opposite of delusional as he records the events of his ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Pauls

By Jess Taylor

In Pauls, the first short-fiction collection by National Magazine Award–winning Toronto writer Jess Taylor, a lot of bad things happen to people named Paul. And friends of people named Paul. Each story contains, sometimes rather ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

If You’re Lucky

By Yvonne Prinz

The latest novel from San Francisco–based Canadian author (and Amoeba Music co-founder) Yvonne Prinz starts out as a sad story about a disaffected teenager and slowly builds into a hold-on-to-your-seat thriller. Georgia is trying to ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Oscar Lives Next Door: A Story Inspired by Oscar Peterson’s Childhood

By Bonnie Farmer; Marie Lafrance (illus.)

The title of Bonnie Farmer’s easygoing, 1930s Montreal tale about a girl named Mildred whose musically gifted next-door playmate is a boy named Oscar Peterson is a clear nod to Beethoven Lives Upstairs, the audio-recording/book/movie ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Once Upon a Line

By Wallace Edwards

The latest visual feast from Wallace Edwards is designed to spur the imaginations of young readers (and older ones, too). Each page features an image and “Once upon a line,” followed by the beginnings of ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Aptitude

By Natalie Corbett Sampson

In the future, society is ruled by a dictatorial government called the Authority, which enforces a hierarchical system based on ability. Those who have the means and lineage to take exams for specific proficiencies (academic ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

All Year Round

By Emilie Leduc; Shelley Tanaka (trans.)

In All Year Round (originally published in 2012 as La ronde des mois), a young child offers a poetic ode to the pleasures of the seasons. Like a “giant,” he tromps through January’s winter-white forest ... Read More »

November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

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The Emperor of Any Place

A Year of Borrowed Men

Heyday

★ Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-first Year

Pauls

If You’re Lucky

Oscar Lives Next Door: A Story Inspired by Oscar Peterson’s Childhood

Once Upon a Line

Aptitude

All Year Round

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