Finding Ruby Starling

Karen Rivers’ latest book for young readers is a successful take on a Parent Trap–type plot, albeit with the benefits of modern technology and the unexpected twist of a friendly ghost. While goofing around online ... Read More »

October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Cat at the Wall

By Deborah Ellis

Clare is a cat who spends her time searching for food, dodging other cats, and looking for a place to curl up and sleep. But Clare is no ordinary cat. She used to be an ... Read More »

October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ The Swallow: A Ghost Story

By Charis Cotter

Charis Cotter’s The Swallow is set in Toronto’s Cabbagetown neighbourhood in 1963 and features two young girls who, upon their first meeting, each believe the other to be a ghost. Once they manage to convince ... Read More »

October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Not Just Another Princess Story

By Sheri Radford; Qin Leng (illus.)

In her latest book, Vancouver author Sheri Radford creates an unconventional fairy-tale princess who takes on the tricky task of finding her own Prince Charming. Princess Candi has always had to manage without the benefit ... Read More »

October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Sam’s Pet Temper

By Sangeeta Bhadra; Marion Arbona (illus.)

Tired of waiting his turn at the playground, Sam has a meltdown. A dark storm-cloud scribble appears over Sam’s head, then transforms into “a Temper.” The nasty monster runs amok, “shoving and tripping and pinching ... Read More »

October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Dojo Daycare

By Chris Tougas

Dojo Daycare is a simple tale that imagines all the hilarious chaos that could ensue at a daycare for ninjas. The tiny black-garbed tots bust and break their way through each activity, eventually reducing the ... Read More »

October 1, 2014 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times

By Barbara Taylor

In The Last Asylum, Barbara Taylor, a Canadian historian living in England, offers a searing account of her own journey through mental illness – or “madness,” as she frequently calls it. The book combines history ... Read More »

September 29, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Adult Onset

By Ann-Marie MacDonald

Adult Onset is the third novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald, who is also a playwright, actor, and broadcaster. The first two books, Fall on Your Knees and The Way the Crow Flies, involved the sexual abuse ... Read More »

September 25, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Broken Hours

By Jacqueline Baker

Posthumously revered for such short stories as “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Call of Cthulhu,” Howard Phillips Lovecraft eked out a poor existence on a dwindling inheritance, ultimately succumbing to cancer in his ... Read More »

September 22, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

By Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein is angry. The author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine, and a self-confessed former climate change skeptic, comes out swinging in a book that takes direct aim at corporations, governments, and – ... Read More »

September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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