BOOK REVIEWS

Safe Harbour

The idea of “safe harbour” began as a nautical concept, referring to a place of safety for seafaring vessels during wartime or storms. It is neither a departure point nor a destination, but a sheltered ... Read More »

November 14, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

On the Edge

By Lesley Strutt

November 14, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Trygg the Dinosaur

By Paula Louise Salvador and John Bindon (ill.)

With the lovability of The Land Before Time and the accuracy of an encyclopedia, Trygg the Dinosaur is an immersive tale set in the Western Canada region over 76 million years ago. The early chapter ... Read More »

November 11, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Journey Prize Stories 31: The Best of Canada’s New Writers

By Carleigh Baker; Catherine Hernandez; and Joshua Whitehead (eds.)

When I lived in Manhattan as a fledgling writer, I often went into the big bookstores to browse the selection of literary journals on the racks. Flipping through their pages packed with new fiction and ... Read More »

November 11, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Best Canadian Poetry 2019

By Rob Taylor (ed.)

November 11, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

The Very, Very Far North

By Dan Bar-el and Kelly Pousette (ill.)

With the publication of The Very, Very Far North, Dan Bar-el has added to the distinguished company of lovable literary bears: Duane the Polar Bear can hold his white furry head high alongside such notables ... Read More »

November 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Power Shift: The Longest Revolution

By Sally Armstrong

In the new book Power Shift: The Longest Revolution, journalist Sally Armstrong conveys a synopsis of recent progress in the realm of gender dynamics that goes like this: old power was hoarded, new power is ... Read More »

November 7, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World

By Kai Cheng Thom

Kai Cheng Thom is a force within social-justice communities. A quick-witted, sharp-tongued, staggeringly prolific trans woman of colour, Thom is known primarily for her insightful and critical writing – including a fairy-tale novel, a book ... Read More »

November 4, 2019 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Reviews

The Desirable Sister

By Taslim Burkowicz

What happens when sibling rivalry is based on the colour of one’s skin? This is the premise of Surrey, B.C., author Taslim Burkowicz’s second novel, a story of two sisters, Gia and Serena Pirji, whose ... Read More »

November 4, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Songs from the Deep

By Kelly Powell

Kelly Powell’s debut young-adult novel, Songs from the Deep, has a definite colour palette; strongly atmospheric in its chilly, unspecified Celtic island setting, it conjures up the experience of watching a film shot through filters ... Read More »

November 4, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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