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 »
“We’re Number Two!” chant the returning denizens of Camp Avalon, affectionately nicknamed Camp Average for its notable lack of sporting prowess. Little do they know that changes are afoot: this summer there’s a new director, ... Read More »
March 28, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
The latest novel by Rabindranath Maharaj – author of last year’s Adjacentland and 2010’s The Amazing Absorbing Boy, which won the Toronto Book Award and the Trillium Book Award – is about a man nicknamed ... Read More »
March 28, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Twitch Force is Michael Redhill’s first collection of poetry in almost two decades. Before the poetry itself even begins, it is clear that this will not be poetry for the faint of heart. “Force potentiation,” ... Read More »
In 1971, nine years after Uganda declared independence, General Idi Amin staged a coup in the African country, seized power, and executed his predecessor’s supporters. In August of 1972, he declared Ugandans of South Asian ... Read More »
March 25, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
The Anal Stage, according to Sigmund Freud, is the period during which children – having left behind the nipples and bottles of the oral stage – become fixated on all things butt related. During these ... Read More »
March 21, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
The poetry gods claim that a second book is much harder than the first because the bar is set. If a debut collection has received accolades, expectations for the follow-up will be that much higher. ... Read More »
The poetry gods claim that a second book is much harder than the first because the bar is set. If a debut collection has received accolades, expectations for the follow-up will be that much higher. ... Read More »
Montreal author Kaie Kellough follows up his debut novel, Accordéon (a finalist for the 2017 Amazon.ca First Novel Award), with a third book of poetry that is similarly polyphonic, situating angst and ancestry over a ... Read More »
Expectations are high for this debut graphic novel from prolific writer Kyo Maclear and Calgary illustrator Byron Eggenschwiler. For publisher Groundwood Books, Operatic follows on the success of huge literary hits Jane, the Fox & ... Read More »
March 18, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
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