Little Blue Chair

Almost everything Cary Fagan writes for young people – from his Kaspar Snit books to his instalment of Mordecai Richler’s Jacob Two-Two series – is primed with a light coat of magic. Two of his ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Gold

By David Carpenter

Canadian history is inextricably connected to geography. And Canadian fiction seems endlessly absorbed with a reckoning between the land and the humans who exploit it. Saskatchewan’s David Carpenter has staked out one indelible corner of ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do

By Ashley Spires

Conquering fears is a big part of childhood. Kids are confronted with scary new things on a regular basis: the dark, the monster under the bed, climbing a tree, a move to a new neighbourhood. ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Milo and Georgie

By Bree Galbraith; Josée Bisaillon (ill.)

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Underneath the Sidewalk

By Claire Eamer; Thomas Gibault (ill.)

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Churchill and the Dardanelles: Myth, Memory, and Reputation

By Christopher M. Bell

In 1915, Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, seized on an idea to attack the Ottoman Empire by getting a fleet through the straits of the Dardanelles. His hope was that success would ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: History, Politics & Current Affairs

The Lotterys Plus One

By Caroline Hadilaksono (ill.); Emma Donoghue

Nine-year-old Sumac Lottery is not at all pleased when her estranged grandfather arrives in Toronto from the Yukon for an undetermined amount of time. The old man just doesn’t appreciate or fit into Camelottery, the ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Analyst

By Molly Peacock

As Molly Peacock points out in a note at the end of her latest poetry collection, an artistic rendering of her 37-year-long relationship with her psychotherapist, it’s “rare to have such a long analytical experience ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Poetry

Next Year, For Sure

By Zoey Leigh Peterson

In her debut novel, Zoey Leigh Peterson — whose short fiction has appeared in Best Canadian Stories and The Journey Prize Stories anthologies — delivers an intimate and funny portrait of messy polyamory. Expertly crisp ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Valiant

By Lesley Livingston

Lesley Livingston is at it again. The popular author has built her career on stories that combine her love of historical and mythical settings with kick-ass female protagonists, and her newest creation is no exception. ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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