His Whole Life

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” This is the question posed by 10-year-old Jim to his mother, Nancy, from the back seat of their old Chevette as they head north from New York City ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox

By Danielle Daniel

Every so often, a picture book comes along that is so beautiful in its simplicity, it breathes a pocket of stillness into our busy lives and inspires thoughtful reflection long after the final page is ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Generation Rising: The Time of the Québec Student Spring

By Shawn Katz

According to the authors of two new books about Quebec’s Maple Spring – the headline-generating student mobilization of 2012 – mainstream media was generally unsympathetic, if not outright hostile, to the movement, leaving citizens poorly ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

In Defiance

By Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler (trans.)

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Gold Eaters

By Ronald Wright

In the opening pages of his absorbing new novel, Ronald Wright introduces the reader to a highly advanced 16th-century society. This empire of expanding dominion boasts sophisticated, monarchial governance; large, functioning cities; and sufficient engineering ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Good as Gone: My Life with Irving Layton

By Anna Pottier

Even the healthiest romantic relationships are often fraught with difficulties, hurt feelings, and heartbreak; what initially are considered unbreakable bonds between individuals are severed by selfishness, emotional baggage, and conflicting personalities. Partnerships that commence with ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Disposable Futures: The Seduction of Violence in the Age of Spectacle

By Brad Evans; Henry A. Giroux

Disposable Futures is a political and philosophical manifesto of sorts, but it is not always easy to follow. This is mainly because it is primarily constructed as an academic work, with roots in French critical ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Mayors Gone Bad

By Philip Slayton

For someone who has spent a chunk of his book-writing career fixating on terrible lawyers (2008’s Lawyers Gone Bad), interventionist judges (2012’s Mighty Judgment, about the Supreme Court of Canada), and now terrible mayors, Philip ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Strength of Conviction

By Tom Mulcair

When federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau announced that his party would support the passage of the Conservatives' hugely controversial surveillance and information-sharing legislation, Bill C-51, he opened the door for the New Democratic Party – ... Read More »

August 1, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Act Normal

By Greg Hollingshead

Act Normal is Greg Hollingshead’s first book of short stories since his 1995 Governor-General’s Literary Award–winning The Roaring Girl, and it’s a refreshing reminder of his idiosyncratic take on the form. Few other writers represent ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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