Reviews

The New City: How the Crisis of Canada’s Cities Is Reshaping Our Nation

Canada is often thought of as a country defined by its towering mountains, rolling plains, and shimmering lakes, but the fact is we’re an intensely urban nation – some 80% of Canucks currently reside in ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Story House

By Timothy Taylor

Timothy Taylor’s career has had an atypical trajectory so far. In 2000, he placed three short stories in the Journey Prize anthology, including that year’s winning tale. In 2001, his first novel, Stanley Park, hit ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Tales of Two Cities

By George Fetherling

Desire, adultery, divorce, guilt, therapy – “A Tale of Two Cities,” the riskily titled novella that makes up the bulk of George Fetherling’s new book, covers ground made most familiar by Woody Allen films. A ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Work of Mercy

By Stephen Guppy

Stories of kids coping with broken homes are hard to pull off, not only because they’ve been told so often, but because they risk getting mired in the saccharine. But the nine stories in Stephen ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Scotch River

By Linda Little

Casper Hutt is a barely literate Alberta ranch hand and former professional bull rider whose life is changed by a piece of registered mail. He has been left the deed to some land in Scotch ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Winter in Hollywood

By Richard Teleky

By the sound of it, Winter in Hollywood should be a warm, glamorous affair packed with decorated palm trees, brushes with celebrities, and yoga classes full of people grimly working out their New Year’s resolutions. ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Saving Rome

By Megan K. Williams

People have a tendency to romanticize places like Rome. We think of ancient ruins, glamorous Italians with dazzling smiles and sexy accents, fabulous cafés, and zippy red sports cars. But once you’ve lived there, breathing ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Virgin Spy

By Krista Bridge

This engaging debut collection of nine short stories by Toronto author Krista Bridge contains an assortment of compelling, intriguing, likable, moody, and introspective heroines. Stories in The Virgin Spy focus on domestic life and the ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Havana Best Friends

By José Latour

José Latour’s new novel delivers everything one could ask for in a mystery: suspense, strong characters, an intriguing plot with many twists, violence that serves the story and ramps up the tension, and a setting ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Baby Khaki’s Wings

By Anar Ali

Anar Ali’s first book is made up of a series of seven diverse and compelling stories centred on the Ismaili community, a Muslim sect with origins in India but with a wide diaspora that includes ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

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