★ Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie S. Lalonde

There are certain strains of cannabis, which, when vaped, stretch the experience of time to include the distant past, so that one feels they have relived entire lives in an action as brief as washing ... Read More »

April 23, 2020 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Polar Vortex

By Shani Mootoo

April 23, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Tales from Beyond the Brain

By Jeff Szpirglas and Steven P. Hughes (ill.)

For a certain subset of readers who came through their middle-grade years in the 1980s, there are few books as iconic as the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy, in which author Alvin ... Read More »

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

Tales from the Fringes of Fear

By Jeff Szpirglas and Steven P. Hughes (ill.)

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

★ The Response of Weeds: A Misplacement of Black Poetry on the Prairies

By Bertrand Bickersteth

“I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of blood in human veins,” writes Langston Hughes in his 1921 poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” “My soul has grown deep like ... Read More »

April 20, 2020 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

I Am Still Your Negro: An Homage to James Baldwin

By Valerie Mason-John

April 20, 2020 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Little Cheetah’s Shadow

By Marianne Dubuc

Little kids are great but selfish. This is an objective fact: children, until their brains develop sufficiently to grasp that they are surrounded by people who deserve as much respect and understanding as they do, ... Read More »

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

★ Music for Tigers

By Michelle Kadarusman

From the opening sentence of Music For Tigers, author Michelle Kadarusman signals she is writing a book for thoughtful readers. “The first sound I hear in the forest at the bottom of the world is ... Read More »

April 17, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Dog Patrol: Our Canine Companions and the Kids Who Protect Them

By Rob Laidlaw

Welcoming a pet into your family is a serious commitment and The Dog Patrol offers a comprehensive training manual, specifically designed for kids, on responsible guardianship. Rob Laidlaw, a Silver Birch Award–winning author, biologist, and ... Read More »

April 16, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Here the Dark

By David Bergen

If there's one thread that ties together Here the Dark, David Bergen’s second collection of short fiction, it’s faith: the ways it unites and isolates us, how it complicates and makes sense of our lives. ... Read More »

April 16, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

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