★ Winter Moon Song

By Martha Brooks; Leticia Ruifernández; illus.

Martha Brooks is a much-honoured children’s author, playwright, and jazz singer. In her first picture book, she celebrates the power of song. The musician is a young rabbit who has recently joined the choir for ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

An Armadillo in Paris

By Julie Kraulis

Curiosity and the thirst for adventure run in Arlo’s family. The armadillo’s wanderlust is fuelled by his grandfather Augustin’s travel diaries, which encourage Arlo to explore Paris and, in particular, to seek out the mysterious ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Sweetest Kulu

By Celina Kalluk; Alexandria Neonakis; illus.

When baby Kulu is born, all of the Arctic world welcomes the new child. First, the Sun shines “so bright and stayed through the night, giving you blankets and ribbons of warm light.” Next, the ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995–2014

By Alice Munro

At a recent book fair in Toronto, I chatted with a woman who wrote YA zombie novels. She told me she reads mostly horror fiction, and that she found mainstream Canadian literature “boring.” When she ... Read More »

January 5, 2015 | Filed under: Anthologies

Rumours of Glory

By Bruce Cockburn

Story goes that back in the early 1980s a reporter asked Eddie Van Halen what it felt like to be the best guitar player in the world. “I don’t know,” Van Halen quipped. “Ask Bruce ... Read More »

December 22, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Memoir & Biography

★ Unnatural Selections

By Wallace Edwards

Hold onto your hat, Mr. Darwin, there are several new species in town – and their origins are curious. A fusion of tortoise and giraffe results in a Toraffe. Mix a whale with an elephant ... Read More »

December 22, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Future and Why We Should Avoid It: Killer Robots, the Apocalypse and Other Topics of Mild Concern

By Scott Feschuk

Scott Feschuk is an extremely funny guy, which is a good thing given his abundant presence on Canadian newsstands. Both as a political speechwriter and a humour columnist, he has written for a variety of ... Read More »

December 22, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

kissing keeps us afloat

By Laurie MacFayden

Following 2010’s White Shirt, kissing keeps us afloat (the persistent lower case is a trademark this time around) is Laurie MacFayden’s second collection of poems. After a long career as a sports writer, the Edmonton-based ... Read More »

December 19, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

Savour

By Jackie Bateman

In her new novel, Vancouver author Jackie Bateman – who lived in Edinburgh and London before relocating to the West Coast – brings a unique and unsettling perspective to the otherwise hoary trope of the ... Read More »

December 19, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Girl Before, the Girl After

By Louis-Philippe Hébert; Jonathan Kaplansky trans.

The perils of romantic preoccupation inform The Girl Before, the Girl After, the translation of Quebec poet and novelist Louis-Philippe Hébert’s 2012 novella, Celle d’avant et celle d’après. With its unconventional structure and evocative sexual ... Read More »

December 19, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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