Reviews

L (and things come apart)

There isn’t a pronounced anti-realist tradition in CanLit, despite isolated offerings from writers as diverse as Leonard Cohen (Beautiful Losers) and Stephen Marche (Shining at the Bottom of the Sea). For most fiction writers in ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Glass Harmonica

By Russell Wangersky

In this fractured tale of violence, obsession, and dirty secrets, Newfoundland author Russell Wangersky goes behind the picturesque facade of the brightly coloured clapboard houses that make up a working-class St. John’s neighbourhood. McKay Street ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ghosted

By Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall

Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall received plaudits and some notoriety for his first book, Down to This, which recounted the year he spent living among the homeless in Toronto’s now-defunct Tent City. It’s not a stretch to assume ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead

By Nancy Kilpatrick, ed.

With stories from genre veterans Kelley Armstrong and Tanya Huff, as well as a slew of newcomers, Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead is a worthy anthology for vampire lovers. Nancy Kilpatrick is no ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Black Alley

By Mauricio Segura; Dawn M. Cornelio, trans.

It’s a shame that so few books explore Canadian urban themes (especially those unique to Quebec) as well as Black Alley does. This long-anticipated translation of Mauricio Segura’s acclaimed and controversial 1998 novel, Côte-des-Nègres, is ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Greedy Little Eyes

By Billie Livingston

Billie Livingston’s first collection of short fiction exhibits her trademark snappy wit while delving into the sadder aspects of life: mental illness, family breakdown, and abuse. The 10 stories in this collection are heartbreaking in ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven

By Ross King

From a young age, Canadians learn about our country’s most famous painting movement in art classes, yet the Group of Seven’s dramatic landscapes and blazing depictions of Canada’s wilderness still don’t seem to get the ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

Combat Camera

By A.J. Somerset

Mentally and physically wounded after years of covering wars, photographer Lucas Zane, the main character in A.J. Somerset’s debut novel (winner of the 2010 Metcalf-Rooke Award for an unpublished manuscript), finds himself down and out ... Read More »

August 23, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Jane Austen

By Carol Shields

Jane Austen novels bring comfort. As full of issues as they are, there is a comfort in finding oneself immersed in the Romantic era, when securing a “situation” – if you were a woman, that ... Read More »

August 23, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Up North Again: More of Ontario’s Wilderness from Ladybugs to the Pleiades

By Doug Bennet and Tim Tiner

Up North Again, by journalists and outdoor enthusiasts Doug Bennet and Tim Tiner, gives readers a glimpse of the natural wonders of southern Shield country (the “up north” of most Ontario city dwellers). It is ... Read More »

August 23, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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