BOOK REVIEWS

Exile Blues

Douglas Gary Freeman’s Exile Blues incorporates historical events and settings to create an engaging and multi-faceted narrative of survival and strength. We travel with the main character, Preston “Prez” Downs Jr., through his childhood to ... Read More »

October 31, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Red Chesterfield

By Wayne Arthurson

An abandoned sofa and a grisly find set the action in motion in the latest work from Edmonton author Wayne Arthurson. In a sharp deconstruction of the conventions of the mystery genre, Arthurson uses prose ... Read More »

October 31, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Bendy and the Ink Machine: Dreams Come to Life

By Adrienne Kress

The latest from Toronto actor and writer Adrienne Kress is a departure from her usual good-natured adventures. Dreams Come to Life is a horror novel intended for young audiences that’s creepy enough for older readers. ... Read More »

October 31, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Against the Wind

By Jim Tilley

Imagine the comedic possibilities if Oscar Wilde had penned a play about a foursome involving two women both romantically involved with the same two men. Such a play would have been a laugh a minute. ... Read More »

October 28, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Major Misconduct: The Human Cost of Fighting in Hockey

By Jeremy Allingham

Don Cherry, every hockey fan’s favourite bombastic promoter of on-ice fisticuffs, will undoubtedly dislike the thesis of CBC journalist Jeremy Allingham’s new book: to protect players’ brains and to focus more on skills, fighting can ... Read More »

October 28, 2019 | Filed under: Reviews, Sports, Health & Self-help

Bon Voyage, Mister Rodriguez

By Christiane Duchesne and François Thisdale (ill.)

There’s no dearth of death in today’s children’s books. These days you can as easily find books on the loss of a parent as on the loss of a goldfish, and everything in between. And ... Read More »

October 28, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

We Three

By Markus Harwood-Jones

The latest offering from Toronto YA author Markus Harwood-Jones is a bright and quirky tale that explores themes of self-worth and social marginalization from the perspective of a young girl away from home at summer ... Read More »

October 24, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers’ Poetry

By Amber Dawn and Justin Ducharme (eds.)

Last summer, Vancouver-based poet Rita Wong was arrested alongside other environmental activists for blocking access to the Trans Mountain pipeline worksite. She received a 28-day prison sentence this August and was released in early September, ... Read More »

October 24, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Resisting Canada: An Anthology of Poetry

By Nyla Matuk (ed.)

October 24, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

Lampedusa

By Steven Price

Steven Price's Lampedusa, a fictional account of how Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa came to write the classic novel The Leopard, doesn't deal in shocking revelations or major plot twists. In fact, anyone familiar with Tomasi's ... Read More »

October 21, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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