Reviews

★ One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery

The life-altering effects of sexual violence on a body and mind, and the complex processes of recovery that survivors of trauma face, are at the heart of philosopher Karyn L. Freedman’s powerful memoir. Deeply personal ... Read More »

June 5, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Planet Lolita

By Charles Foran

As befits the allusion in its title, Charles Foran’s fourth novel is anything but prosaic. Planet Lolita examines the ethical grey area of language and meaning online, and the complexity of personal relationships in a ... Read More »

June 2, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ All Saints

By K.D. Miller

K.D. Miller has published three previous collections of short stories, as well as a novel and a book of essays about the connection between spirituality and creativity. Her fiction has been included in the Journey ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ This One Summer

By Mariko Tamaki; Jillian Tamaki (illus.)

Other than when they are written by actual children (which happens, sometimes), novels about childhood are essentially works of historical fiction. Once you grow up, youth becomes the territory of the distant past. Some authors ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Graphica, Kids’ Books

★ Just Beneath My Skin

By Darren Greer

For a book that runs barely more than 200 pages, and is constructed of chapters seldom longer than a page or two, Just Beneath My Skin manages to compress a lot of big themes into ... Read More »

May 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Crimes Against My Brother

By David Adams Richards

Over his long career, David Adams Richards has carved out a unique body of work, in the process developing a form of literary expressionism that illuminates the moral depths – and depravity – of several ... Read More »

May 22, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab

By Shani Mootoo

What does it mean to be a man? How do we tell our most intimate stories? In her provocative, sophisticated fourth novel, Shani Mootoo addresses these questions while reflecting on notions of home, identity, and ... Read More »

May 12, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Age

By Nancy Lee

In 2002, Nancy Lee’s Dead Girls, a collection of dark, chilling stories exploring the lives of murdered teens and lost women in Vancouver, thrilled critics here and abroad. Twelve years later, Lee returns with a ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Smoke River

By Krista Foss

The best books destroy you, overwhelm you with deep feelings – despair, anger, love, defiance, frustration, yearning, bitterness, pain. In her debut novel, former journalist and two-time Journey Prize finalist Krista Foss elicits precisely this ... Read More »

May 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Pastoral

By André Alexis

André Alexis’s new novella should be neither judged nor dismissed on the basis of its title. The pastoral is often defined by clean images that conjure the simplicity, serenity, and charm of rural places and ... Read More »

May 1, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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