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The Town That Drowned

In 1967, a residential area of the Saint John River Valley in New Brunswick was flooded to create a hydroelectric dam. Out of the inspiration from this historical event, Riel Nason builds her first novel. ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

A Large Harmonium

By Sue Sorensen

Sue Sorensen mines her own experiences in her first novel, a charming and gentle look at a year in the life of an English professor at a college in Winnipeg. Dr. Janet Erlicksen is attempting ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

A Place Called Armageddon: Constantinople 1453

By C.C. Humphreys

The new novel from Vancouver writer and actor C.C. Humphreys (who also writes young adult fiction as Chris Humphreys) is not only a panoramic recreation of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, but also a ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Far Side of the Sky

By Daniel Kalla

Physicians face many ethical dilemmas in wartime. Should scarce medical supplies be used to save an enemy’s life? What if saving that life could have disastrous personal consequences? These are the types of moral quandaries ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Our Daily Bread

By Lauren B. Davis

With her new novel, Montreal-born writer Lauren B. Davis, who currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey, has created a powerful, harrowing, and deeply unsettling work. It’s the sort of novel that keeps you reading even ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe

By Charlotte Gill

Start with a winter in the mountains of temperate Vancouver Island, then add a troop of tree planters, about to begin their annual cycle once more. Then add Charlotte Gill. After 20 years on the ... Read More »

September 20, 2011 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live

By Ray Robertson

Toronto author Ray Robertson’s Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live is equal parts intimate autobiography, philosophical treatise, and cri de coeur regarding the sorry state of Canadian culture. Peppered liberally with quotations from the poets, ... Read More »

September 19, 2011 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis

By Kathy Kacer

The Holocaust is not an easy subject to discuss with children – how do you convey the horror without overwhelming them? In To Hope and Back, former psychologist Kathy Kacer introduces the topic to young ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature

By Dora Lee; Margot Thompson, illus.

Biomimicry is packed with the natural world’s inherent innovations and solutions to problems. Vancouver writer Dora Lee has pulled together dozens of examples of the ways science follows nature’s lead, from wild prairies acting as ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Wayne Lynch’s Canadian Rockies Wildlife for Kids

By Wayne Lynch

Renowned Canadian wildlife photo-grapher and author Wayne Lynch has produced another winning reference for middle-grade readers. Wayne Lynch’s Canadian Rockies Wildlife for Kids is fabulous to look at. Lynch’s photos take up the majority of ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Quill and Quire

The Town That Drowned

A Large Harmonium

A Place Called Armageddon: Constantinople 1453

The Far Side of the Sky

★ Our Daily Bread

★ Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe

Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live

To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis

Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature

Wayne Lynch’s Canadian Rockies Wildlife for Kids

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