Reviews

River City

River City is an overly ambitious novel by John Farrow, the detective-writer alias of much-lionized Quebec author Trevor Ferguson (The Timekeeper, The Kinkajou, High Water Chants). Despite appearing under Farrow’s name, River City is much, ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Thirteen

By Susie Moloney

What is creepier: a witch with a green, wart-covered face and pointy hat, or a pretty suburban housewife witch? Susie Moloney opts for the latter in her fourth novel, her take on the notion of ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Glass Boys

By Nicole Lundrigan

Nicole Lundrigan has been teetering on the cusp of “next big thing” status since her debut, Unravelling Arva, was tagged as a top-10 pick for 2004 in The Globe and Mail. Two follow-ups, Thaw (2005) ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Nondescript Rambunctious

By Jackie Bateman

Crime novels, whether thrillers, police procedurals, or hard-boiled detective stories, are about order. A catastrophic event, usually an act of violence, shatters the peace of a community, and the rest of the story is about ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Water Man’s Daughter

By Emma Ruby-Sachs

Contemporary Johannesburg is the setting for this impressive debut about an unlikely trio of women brought together in the wake of a Canadian water executive’s murder. Under cover of night, an activist group, led by ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Cure Is a Forest

By Desi Di Nardo

“The trail is a circle / The cure is a forest.” With these incantatory words, Desi Di Nardo propels readers on a journey that sees nature anew – a journey that does not soar above ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Poetry

Captivity: 118 Days in Iraq and the Struggle for a World Without War

By James Loney

In this new memoir, James Loney, a Toronto-based peace activist and writer, recounts the circumstances of his widely publicized 2005 kidnapping in Iraq. A member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, Loney was snatched along with three ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme

By Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman, eds.

With Persistence, editors Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman have produced an inclusive and balanced anthology that illuminates a wide array of issues surrounding gender and identity. The book covers vast territory, but the pieces ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Edith Sitwell: Avant-Garde Poet, English Genius

By Richard Greene

It’s not uncommon for a literary biographer to follow his or her biography with an edition of the subject’s letters. Richard Greene of the University of Toronto has done the reverse. His Selected Letters of ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty

By William Byers

With The Blind Spot, William Byers, professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics at Concordia University, has written a passionate, informed manifesto that takes aim at our culture’s reigning myth of scientific certainty. Byers would like ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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