The Sweet Girl

The opening pages of Annabel Lyon’s second novel feature seven-year-old Pythias, the daughter of Aristotle, dissecting a lamb under her father’s watchful gaze. The young girl, almost preternaturally curious, has been denied the right to ... Read More »

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Tale-Teller

By Susan Glickman

Susan Glickman weaves history, fantasy, and adventure into her second novel, inspired by the true story of Esther Brandeau, a Jewish girl born in France in the early 18th century who disguised herself as a ... Read More »

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Heartless

By Nina Bunjevac

Along with Montreal’s Drawn & Quarterly, Conundrum Press, based in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, is responsible for publishing most of the cutting-edge graphica this country has seen in the past several years. Both presses delight ... Read More »

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Graphica

Listen, Honey

By Shelley A. Leedahl

When cracking open a new collection of short fiction, it’s not encouraging to discover the following sentence fewer than 10 pages in: “Playing cards trumped all else in our family.” This kind of affected punning ... Read More »

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

How to Get Along with Women

By Elisabeth de Mariaffi

Many of the characters in Elisabeth de Mariaffi’s debut collection have identity issues and confidence problems, but their author is incredibly self-assured. De Mariaffi focuses on female relationships – both romantic and between friends – ... Read More »

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen

By Sylvie Simmons

It might not count as the most illuminating anecdote in Sylvie Simmons’ exhaustive new biography of Leonard Cohen, but it surely lingers as one of the more memorable. In the mid 1990s, Cohen, by then ... Read More »

December 3, 2012 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Oscar Peterson: The Man and His Jazz

By Jack Batten

Biographers tread a narrow path between fiction and documentary. Those writing with a young audience in mind have the added challenge of figuring out what is appropriate to tell children about adult lives. This used ... Read More »

November 29, 2012

Bodyguards! From Gladiators to the Secret Service

By Ed Butts; Scott Plumbe, illus.

For many, the word “bodyguard” conjures the image of a stern-looking man in dark sunglasses, gun at the ready, escorting politicians and celebrities. Our impression of the world they inhabit, reinforced by television and films, ... Read More »

November 29, 2012

I, Witness

By Norah McClintock; Mike Deas, illus.

Five-time Arthur Ellis Award winner Norah McClintock branches out with her latest crime story, I, Witness. Illustrated by Mike Deas, the graphic novel tells the story of 17-year-old Boone, who, along with his friend Robbie, ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Falling Kingdoms

By Morgan Rhodes

Ontario’s Michelle Rowen, an established author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance for teen and adult audiences, makes her YA high-fantasy debut under the pseudonym Morgan Rhodes. The first in a planned series of four ... Read More »

November 29, 2012

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The Sweet Girl

The Tale-Teller

Heartless

Listen, Honey

How to Get Along with Women

I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen

Oscar Peterson: The Man and His Jazz

Bodyguards! From Gladiators to the Secret Service

I, Witness

Falling Kingdoms

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