★ Had It Coming: What’s Fair in the Age of #MeToo?

Journalist Robyn Doolittle’s latest work of non-fiction is an in-depth look at sexual politics and rape culture in the wake of the #MeToo movement, including the ramifications on the Canadian justice system. Extending the research ... Read More »

October 10, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

Promise and Peril: Justin Trudeau in Power

By Aaron Wherry

In the future, semioticians and media literacy professors will no doubt expend much time and energy deconstructing the way photo editors choose to present images of Justin Trudeau. In the honeymoon period following his accession ... Read More »

August 22, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine

By Joanna Jolly

In Red River Girl, reporter and former BBC producer Joanna Jolly engages with the true-crime genre to tell the story of one Indigenous girl murdered during an ongoing genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Early ... Read More »

August 19, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister

By John Ivison

John Ivison doesn’t think much of Justin Trudeau. That, at least, is the inescapable conclusion one reaches after reading the National Post columnist’s new political biography of Canada’s 23rd prime minister, a tart and frequently ... Read More »

August 7, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Tangled Garden: A Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital Age

By Richard Stursberg with Stephen Armstrong

If asked to come up with a metaphor for the current state of Canada’s media, most people would default to something bleaker than the tangled garden that appears in the title of the latest book ... Read More »

July 4, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

Outside In: A Political Memoir

By Libby Davies

Libby Davies and Sid Ryan are high-profile figures who for decades have been on the front lines, calling out governments on social service cutbacks, environmental outrages, wars, and discrimination. While they share similar life trajectories ... Read More »

June 27, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

A Grander Vision: My Life in the Labour Movement

By Sid Ryan

June 27, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

Perfect City: An Urban Fixer’s Global Search for Magic in the Modern Metropolis

By Joe Berridge

Joe Berridge is a storied urban planner and self-identified “city builder,” with a multinational client list and a thick personal Rolodex. Berridge’s new book, part of the inaugural list for Toronto-based non-fiction publisher Sutherland House, ... Read More »

June 10, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

Too Dumb for Democracy?: Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones

By David Moscrop

On Feb. 7, 2019, The Globe and Mail published a front-page story alleging inappropriate influence from members of the Prime Minister’s Office – up to and including the PM, Justin Trudeau – with the intent ... Read More »

April 15, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews