How to Become an Accidental Genius

By Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky; Jenn Playford (ill.)

From Kevlar and Corn Flakes to pacemakers and ice pops, How to Become an Accidental Genius presents a vibrant and brainy compendium of “accidental” innovations from the last 200 years. Award-winning authors Elizabeth MacLeod and ... Read More »

April 11, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

All Day I Dream about Sirens

By Domenica Martinello

In the prose poem “ADIDAS,” from Domenica Martinello’s debut collection, the speaker asks: “If you are the siren why do you balk at rebranding? A hot iron can turn a sea cow into iconography. Split-tailed, ... Read More »

April 8, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry

It’s a Big Deal!

By Dina Del Bucchia

April 8, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Bina: A Novel in Warnings

By Anakana Schofield

As calendar year 2019 dawned, political junkies were staring in wonder at the pitched battle raging between U.S. president Donald Trump and incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Literary junkies, on the other hand, ... Read More »

April 8, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Recasting History: How CBC Television Has Shaped Canada’s Past

By Monica MacDonald

If you are the sort of person who is delighted by the mere existence of a book about historical programming on the CBC, then you will likely find much to recommend in Monica MacDonald’s Recasting ... Read More »

April 8, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Reviews

Children of the Moon

By Anthony De Sa

Anthony De Sa’s previous books – the Scotiabank Giller Prize–nominated story collection Barnacle Love and the novel Kicking the Sky – both examined the experiences of Portuguese immigrants in and around the Toronto neighbourhood where ... Read More »

April 4, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Moccasin Square Gardens

By Richard Van Camp

The fact that Richard Van Camp doesn’t have his own national radio show, à la the late Stuart McLean, is a bit of a disappointment. Van Camp is Canada’s greatest oral storyteller, a brilliant weaver ... Read More »

April 4, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Always with You

By Eric Walters and Carloe Liu (ill.)

When a little girl’s grandfather dies, she knows that although he is “gone,” he is still very much a part of her life. Emily sees reminders of him everywhere, from a framed photograph on her ... Read More »

April 1, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Braille Rainbow

By Mike Barnes

As the title indicates, After Birth focuses on the complicated feelings a woman experiences both during and after childbirth, and it also comprises intergenerational concerns, such as a mother taking her children to visit her ... Read More »

April 1, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews