Reviews

Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System

In January 2011, a 10-year-old New Brunswick girl became the youngest person to discover a supernova, or exploding star, situated about 240 million light years from Earth. Technology, especially as it applies to telescopes at ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

When Tish Happens: The Unlikely Story of Canada’s “Most Influential Literary Magazine”

By Frank Davey

Frank Davey’s latest book recounts his development as poet, critic, and founding editor of the famed University of British Columbia poetry newsletter Tish. (The newsletter’s name is an anagram of “shit.”) Davey begins with his ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Six Metres of Pavement

By Farzana Doctor

Ismail Boxwala is an alcoholic, middle-aged engineer working for the City of Toronto. One summer morning 20 years ago, he forgot his baby daughter, Zubi, in the back seat of his car, where she overheated ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Don’t Be Afraid

By Steven Hayward

Big brothers are often thrust into the culturally significant role of protector and mentor. But what if your troubled elder sibling is difficult to admire? Say he’s suspected of blowing up the local library one ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Blue Light Project

By Timothy Taylor

“Ambitious” does not begin to describe Timothy Taylor’s much-anticipated third novel; regrettably, the book becomes so convoluted in its attempt to be a relevant artifact of our social and cultural zeitgeist that its impact is ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Joyner’s Dream

By Sylvia Tyson

After more than 40 years as a successful folk singer-songwriter and sometimes broadcaster, Order of Canada and Canadian Music Hall of Fame honoree Sylvia Tyson has added “novelist” to her list of creative accomplishments. Billed ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Tiger Hills

By Sarita Mandanna

Sarita Mandanna blends history and romance in her Man Asian Literary Prize–longlisted debut novel, a multi-generational saga. From wars to suicides to sexual abuse, there are very few tragedies that don’t befall the Nachimada family ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Suddenly Something Happened

By Jimmy Beaulieu; KerryAnn Cochrane, trans.

Perhaps as a way of compensating for a long history of being associated with superheroes and fantastic tales, a lot of comic books and graphic novels from the past few decades have taken as their ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Graphica

Inkstuds: Interviews with Cartoonists

By Robin McConnell, ed.

The interviews in Inkstuds originated as a Vancouver-based podcast and college radio show. As editor Robin McConnell notes, both comics and college radio thrive on the margins, where experimentation is a virtue, and anything goes ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Napier’s Bones

By Derryl Murphy

So much has already been done in the realm of speculative fiction that merely taking the reader somewhere new is an accomplishment. Napier’s Bones heads off into uncharted territory via the notion of magical mathematics. ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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