★ Boo Hoo Bird

Bird suffers a nasty bonk on the head while playing catch with his pal, Raccoon. When he starts to cry, Raccoon takes him to visit all their animal friends, one by one, hoping someone can ... Read More »

January 5, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Half World

By Hiromi Goto

Declaring Hiromi Goto’s new novel at least 50 pages too short for its visionary plot and complex heroine may sound like a backhanded compliment, but the fact is that Half World does not do full ... Read More »

January 5, 2009

★ Wondrous Strange

By Lesley Livingston

The world of the faerie courts, and tales surrounding the unseen world in general, have been popular subjects for storytellers for hundreds of years, long before Shakespeare codified much of the material in A Midsummer ... Read More »

December 17, 2008

Germania

By John Wilson

As Mount Vesuvius smokes and rumbles ominously in the distance, Lucius Quinctillius Claudianus, a frail old historian, writes what he knows will be his last volume of Roman history. Having chronicled the 10 emperors whose ... Read More »

December 17, 2008

Darwin’s Nightmare

By Mike Knowles

Meet Wilson. No first name necessary. All he’s ever known is a life of crime. He has chosen a criminal path even in the face of his family members’ attempts to dissuade him. His method ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Still Waters

By John Moss

In over two dozen previous books, John Moss has tackled the state of the Canadian novel, collated field notes on Ireland, studied the Arctic landscape, and collected some of his own short stories. Now he’s ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal

By Michael Van Rooy

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal, the second novel by Winnipeg writer Michael Van Rooy, is a well-written, convincing, and compelling novel. Reminiscent of Elmore Leonard and Andrew Vacchs, this is hard-boiled fiction laced with humour and ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada’s Media Mogul

By Peter C. Newman

This year the machinery mythologizing the high rollers of capitalism is grinding mightily, with the focus turning to media magnates. Donald Trump still holds court on television’s The Apprentice; there’s a new biography of William ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Relentless: The True Story of the Man Behind Rogers Communications

By Ted Rogers with Robert Brehl

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Soul of All Great Designs

By Neil Bissoondath

If asked to describe a typical contemporary Canadian novel, the words witty, cosmopolitan, and erotic are unlikely to fly to the lips of most readers. That Neil Bissoondath’s The Soul of All Great Designs contains ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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