For Today I Am a Boy

The debut novel from University of British Columbia MFA graduate Kim Fu considers what it means to become who you are. Peter Huang is the coveted son among three sisters in a Chinese-Canadian family. While ... Read More »

June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ When Is a Man

By Aaron Shepard

Impotence is very hard to capture in fiction. Notwithstanding Martin Amis’s famous line about trying to squeeze an oyster into a parking meter, the effects of erectile difficulties on one’s sex life rarely make it ... Read More »

June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Rise and Fall of Great Powers

By Tom Rachman

Every so often, a novel comes along that is technically imperfect, but highly enjoyable nonetheless. Tom Rachman’s second effort falls into this category. With The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, the Vancouver-raised author, who ... Read More »

June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Extreme Mean: Trolls, Bullies and Predators Online

By Paula Todd

"The Web was designed as an instrument to prevent misunderstandings." So says Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web. Quoted early on in Paula Todd's new book, Lee's comment elicits about ... Read More »

June 23, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Night Canada Stood Still: How the 1995 Quebec Referendum Nearly Cost Us Our Country

By Robert Wright

In the pantheon of history-altering near-misses, few political events have left as large and lasting a “What if?” as the 1995 Quebec referendum. On Oct. 30 of that year, Quebec’s citizens voted by the thinnest ... Read More »

June 19, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Polyamorous Love Song

By Jacob Wren

In a letter to a friend, Franz Kafka once wrote, “I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn’t shake us awake like a ... Read More »

June 16, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Based on a True Story

By Elizabeth Renzetti

Based on a True Story is Globe and Mail columnist Elizabeth Renzetti’s debut novel, the premise of which promises a fun romp through the harsh light of celebrity, crumbling newspaper journalism, the salve of intoxicants, ... Read More »

June 9, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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

By Karyn L. Freedman

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

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