The Soviet Ambassador: The Making of the Radical Behind Perestroika

Toronto journalist Christopher Shulgan’s The Soviet Ambassador is a compelling and detailed account of the life and ideological development of Alexander Yakovlev, the man thought to be a key figure in shaping Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: History

Clan of the Dung Sniffers

By Lee Danielle Hubbard

Victoria author Lee Danielle Hubbard is a newcomer to the Canadian speculative fiction scene. The poet and art history student’s first novel, Clan of the Dung Sniffers – yes, that’s really the title – is ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

We Could Be Like That Couple…

By Sarah Steinberg

Montreal author Sarah Steinberg’s first book is a collection of stories about girls and young women on the outside, in worlds that are all about being on the inside – ballet classes, ocean cruises, university ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Wit in Love

By Sky Gilbert

About 10 pages into Wit in Love, I began to feel a vague sense of dread. Prolific playwright and novelist Sky Gilbert’s newest work, an epistolary novella, based on the life of gay philosopher Ludwig ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Snow Candy

By Terry Carroll

Snow Candy brings back Carl North, the small-town detective that Southern Ontario author Terry Carroll introduced in 2006’s Body Contact. North has now established himself in a different town, acquiring a host of new problems ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Last Concubine

By Lesley Downer

In her first novel, author Lesley Downer explores her fascination with Japanese culture and history in a romanticized look at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate period. The story is certainly a page-turner, but its ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Bigfoot: I Not Dead

By Graham Roumieu

Like so many celebrities entering mid-career, Bigfoot is facing the agonizing prospect that his best years may already be behind him. At least that’s the conceit of Graham Roumieu’s Bigfoot: I Not Dead, the Toronto-based ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Reference

The Postman’s Round

By Denis Thériault; Liedewy Hawke, trans.

Denis Thériault’s second novel is a sprightly tale about a young postman in Montreal named Bilodo. Withdrawn but not misanthropic, Bilodo spends his free time practicing his calligraphy, playing video games, and sitting in his ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock

By Matt Bissonnette

Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock, the first novel from Montreal filmmaker Matt Bissonnette (Looking for Leonard, Who Loves the Sun), is all about punk music, drugs, and the politically tumultuous Montreal of the ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Revenant

By Tristan Hughes

If only Tristan Hughes had really gone for it, his third novel, Revenant, would have fared so much better. There’s nothing overly wrong with the book, but it just doesn’t quite make the leap from ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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