Last Words

I for one will never tire of stories about solitary, bookish men lounging around Europe and sleeping with beautiful, mysterious women who are desperate to know what they’re thinking. In the linked short-fiction collection Last ... Read More »

January 11, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Under the Dusty Moon

By Suzanne Sutherland

In Suzanne Sutherland’s third novel, evocatively described Toronto locales serve as more than mere backdrops– they virtually breathe with life and personality all their own. Sixteen-year-old Vic has had a very atypical childhood. The only ... Read More »

January 11, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Kyle Goes Alone

By Jan Thornhill; Ashley Barron (illus.)

Parents of small children know that sometimes they seem to move as slowly as sloths, and author Jan Thornhill builds on this truism in her latest book. Three-toed sloth Kyle may only have to go ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan

By Rui Umezawa; Mikiko Fujita (illus.)

When it comes to traditional tales – folk and fairy alike – much has been lost to the Disneyfication of our culture. While the animated features are frequently charming (who can resist a calypso-singing crab?), ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Memory Serves: Oratories

By Lee Maracle

Lee Maracle’s most recent book is a collection of oratories delivered and performed by the author over a 20-year period. In indigenous culture, oratories are speeches given to transmit knowledge and values preserved through generations. Maracle’s ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Awake Beautiful Child

By Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Gracia Lam (illus.)

Toronto illustrator Gracia Lam lends her artistic talent to American author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s gorgeous and whimsical picture book, which uses the first three letters of the alphabet as the jumping-off point for a series ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Dog Day for Susan

By Maureen Fergus; Monica Arnaldo (illus.)

Dogs and picture books might be the most ideal pairing of subject and artistic form. Even film cannot fully capture the twitch of an eyebrow, the slow thump of a tail that crescendos to pure ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

I Want a Monster!

By Elise Gravel

Winnie is mad for monsters. She can’t resist the peculiar charms of long-footed Plurps with massive underbites, or sharply dressed, moustachioed Zups. Yearning for a beastly pet of her own, the youngster coyly bats her ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Motorcyclist

By George Elliott Clarke

“This novel is neither biography nor history,” explains George Elliott Clarke at the outset of The Motorcyclist. On one level, the explanations contained in this brief introduction (actually, “Proviso”) are a matter of going on ... Read More »

January 6, 2016

The Princeling of Nanjing

By Ian Hamilton

With The Princeling of Nanjing – the ninth instalment in his well-loved mystery series featuring globe-trotting accountant Ava Lee – Ian Hamilton continues to face down the largest problem confronting writers of successful series: his ... Read More »

January 4, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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