Let’s talk about the 1990s; it was a time when we made zines. Today, though paper craft is alive and well (unique art items, high design), its very existence stands in contrast to all things ... Read More »
One of the most remarkable things about JonArno Lawson’s new picture book – a retelling of a retelling of the biblical story of the Tower of Babel – is that it’s based on personal experience. ... Read More »
August 8, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Anna Mehler Paperny is the kind of person who knows exactly what Anne Sexton meant when, in her poem “Wanting to Die,” she described the “almost unnameable lust” of suicide. Paperny’s memoir begins with her ... Read More »
August 8, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews
John Ivison doesn’t think much of Justin Trudeau. That, at least, is the inescapable conclusion one reaches after reading the National Post columnist’s new political biography of Canada’s 23rd prime minister, a tart and frequently ... Read More »
August 7, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Like her mother and grandmother, Shelly sees ghosts everywhere. It’s a gift shared by all the women in her family, and with it comes the responsibility for helping lost souls pass into the afterlife. Shelly’s ... Read More »
August 1, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
At the start of My Bright Friend, readers are told that Ludo’s parents don’t love each other anymore. Refreshingly, there is no attempt to buffer readers from the reality of divorce, nor is the language ... Read More »
August 1, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Curious kids intuitively understand that science begins with questions. Two new non-fiction books both encourage and support insatiable inquisitiveness and the voracious need to know. Fifty questions posed by young visitors to the Ontario Science ... Read More »
July 29, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Curious kids intuitively understand that science begins with questions. Two new non-fiction books both encourage and support insatiable inquisitiveness and the voracious need to know. Fifty questions posed by young visitors to the Ontario Science ... Read More »
July 29, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Jesse Thistle has lived a hard life. A descendent of Saskatchewan’s Michif “road allowance” people (who lived on small strips of land between homesteads that were unused by the Crown), his parents were not able ... Read More »
July 29, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Native Peoples, Reviews
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