Reviews

★ Roaming

Roaming, the latest graphic novel from cousins Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, explores friendship, sex, and identity in an energetic romp through New York City rendered with sharp dialogue and in mesmerizing tableaus of soft ... Read More »

September 20, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Graphica, Reviews

The Economy of Sparrows

By Trevor Herriot

Given the sudden and vehement uptick in climate-change disasters across the globe, we likely can expect novels with a focus on environmental issues to pop up with ever-increasing frequency. Two recent entries into the eco-fiction ... Read More »

September 20, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

When My Ghost Sings: A Memoir of Stroke, Recovery, and Transformation

By Tara Sidhoo Fraser

If such a thing as a typical amnesia memoir exists, it’s fair to say that Tara Sidhoo Fraser’s debut, When My Ghost Sings: A Memoir of Stroke, Recovery, and Transformation, is not it, though “amnesia ... Read More »

September 13, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Reuniting with Strangers

By Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio

Reuniting With Strangers is a novel about motion. After years of waiting – either in Canada or the Philippines – every character in Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio’s debut work of fiction finds themselves reuniting with a family ... Read More »

September 13, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Semi-Detached

By Elizabeth Ruth

When Laura Keys, the contemporary protagonist of Elizabeth Ruth’s Semi-Detached, first enters the house at Two Condor Avenue on an icy winter day in Toronto in 2013, she feels as if she has “stepped into ... Read More »

September 6, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Do You Remember Being Born?

By Sean Michaels

“So what happens when you don’t need a human being to write anything anymore? When you can just turn to your magic smartbox and say, ‘Write me a novel about ornithologists and spies?’” This question, ... Read More »

September 6, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime

By Padma Viswanathan

In 1997, Padma Viswanathan – more than decade away from the publication of her lauded debut novel, The Toss of a Lemon – secluded herself in a decommissioned tugboat docked in a Vancouver Island marina. ... Read More »

August 30, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Learned by Heart

By Emma Donoghue

Historical fiction often dwells in the gap between what happened and what was recorded. The best examples also explore the historical conditions for why that gap exists. Emma Donoghue’s latest novel, Learned by Heart, does ... Read More »

August 30, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ The Abduction of Seven Forgers

By Sean Dixon

A novel as sheerly entertaining as it is profound is a rare treat, and Sean Dixon’s newest work is exactly that. The Abduction of Seven Forgers is the latest fiction for adults by the ... Read More »

August 23, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Skid Dogs

By Emelia Symington-Fedy

“Sugar, and spice, and everything nice; / That’s what little girls are made of.” So goes the old verse that, in spite of its antiquated views on gender, remains a popular nursery rhyme. Girls have ... Read More »

August 16, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

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