★ The Last of the Lumbermen

Brian Fawcett’s engrossing new book is as good as any hockey novel gets. Whether you’re a fan of the sport or a devotee of tense, multi-threaded storytelling, you’ll find something to love in this book ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Multitudes

By Margaret Christakos

The title of Margaret Christakos’s latest volume of poetry is polyvalent on a number of levels: it speaks to the eclecticism of the book’s poetics; it alludes to Whitman; it references the work of philosophers ... Read More »

November 11, 2013 | Filed under: Poetry

A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey

By Stephen J. Harper

If A Great Game had been written by someone other than the sitting prime minister of Canada, it would have debuted with little fanfare. But because Stephen Harper (or Stephen J. Harper, as his name appears ... Read More »

November 7, 2013 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Crooked Maid

By Dan Vyleta

“When I set out to write The Crooked Maid,” says Dan Vyleta in the acknowledgements to his 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize–nominated novel, “I had contracted the Balzacian bug.” Vyleta’s reference is appropriate, since the 19th-century ... Read More »

November 5, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better

By Clive Thompson

Most people agree the digital revolution has dramatically changed the way we live, with some even taking the McLuhanite line that it has fundamentally changed who we are as well. There is little agreement, however, ... Read More »

November 4, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Freaking Out: Real-life Stories About Anxiety

By Polly Wells, ed.; Peter Mitchell, illus.

For those who suffer from it, anxiety is a wily beast, constantly nipping at the heels. As Toronto writer and film producer Polly Wells deftly illustrates in Freaking Out, anxiety can be a particularly complex ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Cat Champions: Caring for Our Feline Friends

By Rob Laidlaw

Cats may have conquered the Internet, but every year thousands still end up homeless in shelters, sanctuaries, and feral colonies. Cat Champions is about some of the people – most of them kids – who ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Picture Me

By Lori Weber

Author of six previous YA books, Quebec’s Lori Weber returns with a novel that is not only a gripping story but also a bold experiment in narrative form. Picture Me takes what might otherwise have ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Spotted Dog Last Seen

By Jessica Scott Kerrin

Jessica Scott Kerrin, best known for her lauded Martin Bridge series, is back with another adventure book for boys. In The Spotted Dog Last Seen, readers are introduced to Derek Knowles-Collier, who fears that his ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Opposite of Geek

By Ria Voros

Fourteen year-old Gretchen Meyer treads lightly through the halls of Carver Green High School with her loyal pal Nemiah, rolling her eyes at the school’s tedious and shallow clique culture. So far she’s managed to ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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★ The Last of the Lumbermen

★ Multitudes

A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey

The Crooked Maid

Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better

Freaking Out: Real-life Stories About Anxiety

Cat Champions: Caring for Our Feline Friends

Picture Me

The Spotted Dog Last Seen

The Opposite of Geek

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