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Mac in the City of Light

Sewer tours, taxi chases, and subbing in as a nightclub cigarette girl aren’t on the agenda for Mac’s school trip abroad, but when the 14-year-old California girl arrives in Paris, she winds up having the ... Read More »

November 29, 2012

One Year in Coal Harbour

By Polly Horvath

It’s been more than a decade since Polly Horvath’s Everything on a Waffle introduced the world to 11-year-old Primrose Squarp and the quirky inhabitants of the fictionalized West Coast town of Coal Harbour. In the ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

Yesterday

By C.K. Kelly Martin

The premise of C.K. Kelly Martin’s new novel revolves around a disastrous future world that is beset by a terrifying plague. While it may sound like yet another addition to the rash of dystopian fiction ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ What Happened to Ivy

By Kathy Stinson

In 1993, Robert Latimer placed his 12-year-old daughter, Tracy, who suffered from cerebral palsy, into the cab of his truck and ran a hose from the exhaust pipe through the back window. His actions ignited ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Lumpito and the Painter from Spain

By Monica Kulling; Dean Griffiths, illus.

Lump, named for the German word for “rascal,” is a beleaguered little dachshund living in Rome with his master, David, and a bullying Afghan hound referred to as “Big Dog.” One day David packs his ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Stamp Collector

By Jennifer Lanthier; François Thisdale, illus.

Jennifer Lanthier faced formidable challenges in crafting her first picture book. The journalist and author had to figure out how to tell a story about freedom of expression to a young audience; how to ensure ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ My Life Among the Apes

By Cary Fagan

It’s likely that no short-story collection published this fall will enjoy the fanfare of Alice Munro’s Dear Life. But here are two other first-rate offerings worthy of attention. Although stylistically different, both collections deal with ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Bull Head

By John Vigna

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page

By Sandra Djwa

The long and fruitful life of P.K. Page, one of Canada’s most respected poets and artists, is expertly revealed in Sandra Djwa’s detailed biography. Born in 1916, when women’s options were even more circumscribed than ... Read More »

November 26, 2012 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Waging Heavy Peace

By Neil Young

That a musical shape-shifter like Neil Young would take an unorthodox approach to his memoirs is to be expected. Indeed, this charming, poignant volume is much like Young’s oeuvre: sustained periods of pure delight punctuated ... Read More »

November 12, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture