What Boys Like and Other Stories

At the heart of Toronto-based Amy Jones’s Metcalf-Rooke Award-winning debut is a whirlpool of dissatisfaction and longing – the ache of teenage alienation; the fitful malaise of relationships; the anguish of unrequited intimacy. But almost ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Monstrous Affections

By David Nickle

In the year since its inception, small press ChiZine Publications has filled the homegrown horror and fantasy genres with its own compelling brand of what its website calls “weird, surreal, and disturbing dark fiction.” In ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Objects of Worship

By Claude Lalumière

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The World More Full of Weeping

By Robert J. Wiersema

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dracula: The Un-Dead

By Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt

When Bram Stoker died in 1912, commentators of the time suggested that the Irish author would likely be remembered, if he was remembered at all, for his association with the great stage actor Sir Henry ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Box

By George Bowering

Each of the 10 stories in George Bowering’s latest collection is prefaced by a photograph. The photos bear some relation to the accompanying stories, but serve more to pique the reader’s interest than to illustrate ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Last Woman

By John Bemrose

There are several reasons why a book can be considered a good read. The main one, of course, is simply that the writer has a way with words. And make no mistake, John Bemrose, an ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Pirate and the Penguin

By Patricia Storms

In The Pirate and the Penguin, Toronto cartoonist and illustrator Patricia Storms presents her own humorous version of the traditional tale of two characters who are unhappy with their lives and find contentment when they ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman

By Sheema Khan

In 2002, The Globe and Mail asked columnist Sheema Khan to share her personal insights on Islam and Muslim life in the wake of 9/11. Of Hockey and Hijab, a compilation of these essays, is ... Read More »

December 14, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

The Moon of Letting Go

By Richard Van Camp

Richard Van Camp’s newest collection of short stories is in many ways a natural progression from his prior works. Again drawing on his Dogrib Nation background, he seamlessly blends the beauty, violence, and pride of ... Read More »

December 14, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

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