Shake Awakes

By Robert Heidbreder; Marc Mongeau, illus.

Robert Heidbreder’s new book of rollicking rhymes is divided into two sections. The first, labelled “for grown-up use only,” presents kids with the dire, often smelly scenarios that can arise should they fail to rise ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Birthday Suit

By Olive Senior; Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

In this spirited romp, Jamaican-Canadian poet Olive Senior tells the tale of four-year-old Johnny, who just can’t seem to keep his clothes on. To his mother’s dismay, no outfit can contain his exuberant nakedness, not ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ The Legend of the Fog

By Qaunaq Mikkigak and Joanne Schwartz; Danny Christopher, illus.

Inhabit Media, a publishing start-up specializing in Inuit-themed books, scored a 2011 Q&Q Book of the Year with The Qalupalik, the tale of a boy who must trick his way out of the clutches of ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Dog on the Bed: A Canine Alphabet

By Richard Teleky

Writers who choose dogs as their subjects are often doomed not to be taken seriously. Despite the fact that literary legends like Jack London and Virginia Woolf tackled the canine/human bond, writing focused on man’s ... Read More »

December 19, 2011 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca

By Carol Bishop-Gwyn

Back in the 1990s, when the first biography of Celia Franca was attempted, the haughty ballet diva snatched half the advance money the publisher gave to author Frank Rasky and demanded “complete control” over the ... Read More »

December 12, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Algoma

By Dani Couture

Toronto poet Dani Couture’s debut novel begins almost mythically, with 11-year-old Leo Beaudoin falling through river ice in the small mill town of Le Pin, a few hours northwest of Quebec City. The rest of ... Read More »

December 5, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Writing the Revolution

By Michele Landsberg

While second-wave feminism had been mounting for more than a decade by the mid-1970s, there was scant evidence of it in mainstream Toronto media. For “libber” news, you needed to seek out Broadside, Toronto’s feminist ... Read More »

November 28, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Matter of Principle

By Conrad Black

Spoiler alert: Conrad Black and Henry Kissinger are on speaking terms again. Or, as Black puts it in his overwrought and self-indulgent memoir/600-page revenge fantasy, they “settled back into the frequent telephone and dinner conversations ... Read More »

November 22, 2011 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Winter Pony

By Iain Lawrence

Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott was the perfect hero for his time and place: Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. The explorer exemplified a particular kind of English heroism that combined physical ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Industry news

Space Tourism

By Peter McMahon; Andy Mora, illus.

Elevators that reach into orbit, inflatable space hotels, and ecotourism among the stars may sound like elements of science fiction, but they are actually innovations being developed by space-exploration programs and private companies around the ... Read More »

November 15, 2011

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