BOOK REVIEWS

★ Majagalee: The Language of Seasons

By Shawna Davis and Toonasa Jordana Luggi (photog.)

Majagalee: The Language of Seasons is a picture book that explores from a Gitksan perspective the four seasons on the northwest coast of what is currently British Columbia. Along with the contributions by Wet’suwet’en and ... Read More »

August 2, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Passengers

By Michael Crummey

“A hundred feet of line is as far / as we ever manage to travel / from our selves,” declares the speaker in “Tranströmer on Signal Hill,” the second poem in Michael Crummey’s Passengers. The ... Read More »

July 27, 2022 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

What the Dog Knows

By Sylvia McNicoll

What the Dog Knows is a middle-grade novel about a girl and her dog. The twist is that they are dead. That is, they were dead. Within the first few pages, Naomi, an ordinary 13-year-old, ... Read More »

July 26, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ My Uncle Is Coming Tomorrow/Mañana viene mi tío

By Sebastián Santana Camargo and Elisa Amado (trans.)

My Uncle Is Coming Tomorrow/Mañana viene mi tío is an incisive English–Spanish dual-language picture book for older readers, dedicated to “those who, because of forced disappearances, were never able to come.” Waiting by a closed ... Read More »

July 19, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Good Girl

By Anna Fitzpatrick

Any novel billed as “Secretary meets Fleabag” will make a certain demographic of readers consider whether it is truly a book for them – namely, those of us who wear sensible shoes and go to ... Read More »

July 13, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Version Control

By David A. Robertson; Scott B. Henderson and Donovan Yaciuk (ill.)

Late in 2020, prolific Winnipeg-based writer David A. Robertson revisited the world of his stunning young adult Reckoner trilogy – with a twist. The Reckoner Rises series, published as graphic novels, picks up with the ... Read More »

July 12, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Immoral, Indecent, and Scurrilous: The Making of an Unrepentant Sex Radical

By Gerald Hannon

“I keep few secrets,” writes activist and journalist Gerald Hannon. This proves true in his frank and refreshing memoir, Immoral, Indecent, and Scurrilous: The Making of an Unrepentant Sex Radical. A titan of Canadian queer ... Read More »

July 6, 2022 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Swim Team

By Johnnie Christmas

Bree is a clever middle-schooler who loves math and puzzles. After moving with her dad to Florida, she enrolls in a new school where much is made of the swim team and its rivalry with ... Read More »

July 5, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Finding Edward

By Sheila Murray

Sheila Murray’s debut novel, Finding Edward, chronicles the story of Cyril Rowntree, a twentysomething international student who arrives in Toronto from a small village in Jamaica heavy with responsibility and grief from the loss of ... Read More »

June 29, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ I’s the B’y: The Beloved Folk Song

By Lauren Soloy (ill.)

I’s the B’y is an exuberant celebration of Newfoundland culture lovingly presented in picture-book form. It’s based on the well-worn folk song that has long been identified with the island’s traditional music and fishing heritage. ... Read More »

June 29, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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