BOOK REVIEWS

★ Because They Were Women: The Montreal Massacre

By Josée Boileau; Chantal Bilodeau (trans.)

Anyone who has ever attended a vigil on Dec. 6 knows that there’s a certain protocol to be followed when remembering the victims of the Montreal Massacre: speeches are made about gender-based violence, both in ... Read More »

November 9, 2020 | Filed under: History, Memoir & Biography

You Were Never Here

By Kathleen Peacock

Cat hasn’t been back to Montgomery Falls, the town her family founded, since she was 12. That was the summer she began seeing people’s deepest desires and fears just by touching them – an ability ... Read More »

November 9, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Titan

By François Vigneault

Old energy sources have become unsustainable. An alienated workforce agitates for systemic change. New technologies are manipulated to nefarious ends. And a world can no longer bear its own government’s kleptocracy. Science fiction is often ... Read More »

November 5, 2020 | Filed under: Graphica, Reviews

★ Pine Island Home

By Polly Horvath

Orphaned children and crotchety neighbours have long been popular fodder for children’s stories. In Pine Island Home, Polly Horvath brings these two elements together in a novel that is surprisingly fun and light (considering the ... Read More »

November 5, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Maggie’s Treasure

By Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka (ill.)

The first collaboration between author Jon-Erik Lappano and illustrator Kellen Hatanaka, Tokyo Digs a Garden, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books. Four years later, they’re back with a ... Read More »

November 2, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Blood in the Water: A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes

By Silver Donald Cameron

Scofflaw Phillip Boudreau of Isle Madame, off the southeast coast of Cape Breton, was the kind of guy who would threaten to burn down your house if he had a grudge. He’d steal your lobsters, ... Read More »

November 2, 2020 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

A Russian Sister

By Caroline Adderson

When The Seagull premiered in St. Petersburg on October 17, 1896, it was received so poorly playwright Anton Chekhov is reported to have fled the theatre to escape the boos and hisses that greeted the ... Read More »

October 29, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Mega Rex: A Tyrannosaurus Named Scotty

By Dr. W. Scott Persons IV and Beth Zaiken (ill.)

In the crowded field of dinosaur non-fiction books, Mega Rex stands out. This guide is expertly written by Scott Persons, the paleontologist who led the first research study of the largest and oldest Tyrannosaurus rex ... Read More »

October 29, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Book of Donair: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Halifax Food That Became Canada’s Favourite Kebab

By Lindsay Wickstrom

In Newfoundland, tourists kiss the cod to become honorary citizens. In Paris, generations of lovers have chained padlocks onto the Pont des Arts as a sign of their everlasting affections. Although Nova Scotia may be ... Read More »

October 26, 2020 | Filed under: Food & Drink, Reviews

Snow Days

By Deborah Kerbel and Miki Sato (ill.)

Even in the best of times, getting through a Canadian winter in good spirits is no easy task. Three new picture books come to the rescue, framing snowy weather as a precious opportunity for different ... Read More »

October 26, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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