Heart Sister

We first meet Emmitt Highland following the death of his 16-year-old twin sister, Minnie, who was struck by a car. Emmitt is looking for a way to cheer up his severely depressed mother. In the ... Read More »

August 20, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Ghost in the House

By Sara O’Leary

Novels with ghost plots can be very ambiguous: who’s real, who’s dead, who’s a figment of someone’s imagination? And while The Ghost in the House starts off with a few of these questions, it quickly ... Read More »

August 20, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Once I Was a Bear

By Irene Luxbacher

Irene Luxbacher’s new picture book considers nature’s way of connecting us to ourselves and to others. The young narrator, a fuzzy brown cub, recollects a time when he felt completely at ease: “Once I lived ... Read More »

August 20, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Cascade

By Craig Davidson

Few contemporary Canadian writers are as difficult to pigeonhole as Craig Davidson. From the weird fiction of Sarah Court to the literary coming-of-age novel Cataract City, from the memoir Precious Cargo to the genre-inflected Saturday ... Read More »

August 17, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

The Lightning of Possible Storms

By Jonathan Ball

August 17, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

★ On Nostalgia

By David Berry

It’s not often I hear an author’s voice in my head while reading a book, but with On Nostalgia, I heard what I imagined to be David Berry’s roving documentary tones, bright and curious, not ... Read More »

August 13, 2020 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Reviews

He Must Like You

By Danielle Younge-Ullman

When a little girl is repeatedly teased and hurt by a boy in the schoolyard or classroom, a well-meaning adult inevitably brushes off the bully’s behaviour by saying, “He must like you.” In her new ... Read More »

August 13, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Role I Played: Canada’s Greatest Olympic Hockey Team

By Sami Jo Small

Men’s hockey gets the majority of attention in this country, but it’s our national women’s team that is one of the most successful organizations in all of sports history. Since 1990, Team Canada has won ... Read More »

August 10, 2020 | Filed under: Reviews, Sports, Health & Self-help

★ Seven

By Farzana Doctor

In her fourth novel, Farzana Doctor breaks open the taboo subject of khatna (female genital mutilation/cutting) in the Dawoodi Bohra community. The Dawoodi Bohra is a subsect of Shia Ismailis, known for involvement with business ... Read More »

August 6, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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