BOOK REVIEWS

The Finder

Will Ferguson has long demonstrated an enduring fondness for the con. From his Leacock-winning debut Generica (later retitled Happiness™) to the oft-overlooked period novel Spanish Fly to the Nigerian fraud at the heart of his ... Read More »

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

★ Indians on Vacation

By Thomas King

Thomas King’s latest novel is a jaunty picaresque that contains within it an incisive character study. Each page of the novel offers the reader the author’s blend of humour and awareness of emotional layers – ... Read More »

August 5, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Charming as a Verb

By Ben Philippe

If people weren’t aware of it already, Felicity Huffman’s and Lori Loughlin’s recent escapades highlight how significant it is for some families to see their children gain acceptance to elite colleges. And while these Hollywood ... Read More »

July 30, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life

By Dani Jansen

July 30, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Things Worth Burying

By Matt Mayr

When you’re out in the bush, you can bury your troubles – and, sometimes, a body. Joe Adler is a third-generation logging foreman in Black River, a northern Ontario town where everyone knows your business ... Read More »

July 27, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

In the Dark: The Science of What Happens at Night

By Lisa Deresti Betik and Josh Holinaty (ill.)

Just before the pandemic hit, Netflix released Night on Earth, a six-part, David Attenborough–style nature documentary with a simple yet engaging twist: all of its action happens after the sun goes down. It’s a clever ... Read More »

July 27, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Sick of the System: Why the COVID-19 Recovery Must Be Revolutionary

By BtL Editorial Committee (eds.)

The COVID-19 pandemic has had various impacts, both minor and severe. For Between the Lines Publishing, it’s provided an opportunity to answer the call of writer Arundhati Roy, who penned a viral essay inviting her ... Read More »

July 23, 2020 | Filed under: Health & Self-help, Reviews

Facing the Sun

By Janice Lynn Mather

Janice Lynn Mather’s second novel for young adults opens with an altercation between a group of teenagers on Pinder Point, one of the few Nassau beaches still open to locals living adjacent to the water. ... Read More »

July 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Daughters of Ys

By M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux (ill.)

A tale as old as time gets a female-centric update in National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson’s third graphic novel. Anderson recounts the ancient Breton legend of Ys, a lavish city swallowed by the ocean. ... Read More »

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

The Woman before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal

By Bryn Turnbull

If one positive thing came out of Madonna’s disastrous 2011 Wallis Simpson biopic, W.E., it’s that the film introduced Toronto writer Bryn Turnbull to the story of Thelma Morgan Furness. The American socialite had been ... Read More »

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

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