Reviews

★ The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience and Recovery

Only the most intransigent heart will be unmoved by Andrew Westoll’s account of his time spent volunteering at Quebec’s Fauna Sanctuary, a refuge for chimpanzees that have been “retired” from biomedical research. In Westoll’s hands, ... Read More »

April 27, 2011 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Look Down, This Is Where It Must Have Happened

By Hal Niedzviecki

Look Down is novelist, cultural commentator, and Broken Pencil magazine founder Hal Niedzviecki’s first collection of short stories since 1998. The stories here are raw, energetic, and, like the author’s 2001 novel Ditch, tend to ... Read More »

April 18, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

And Also Sharks

By Jessica Westhead

Even when things go well for the characters in Jessica Westhead’s new short story collection, they nevertheless feel certain something will go wrong soon. With her penchant for supremely neurotic protagonists and thematic complexity, and ... Read More »

April 11, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Tip and Trade: How Two Lawyers Made Millions from Insider Trading

By Mark Coakley

It is a bad sign when an author writes, as Mark Coakley does a little more than halfway through Tip and Trade, that his subject matter is “not the most action-packed to write about.” If ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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

By Ray Jayawardhana

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

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