Swimming with Horses

For 15-year-old Sam Mitchell of the fictional Toronto suburb Kelso, the summer of 1963 is life-changing. That season marks the mysterious arrival of 18-year-old Hilary Anson, a transplant from South Africa who comes to stay ... Read More »

January 10, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Days by Moonlight

By André Alexis

“Days by Moonlight is not a work of realism. It’s not a work that uses the imagination to show the real, but one that uses the real to show the imagination.” So writes André Alexis ... Read More »

January 7, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Art of Leaving: A Memoir

By Ayelet Tsabari

Shortly before her 10th birthday, Ayelet Tsabari was forced to deal with the death of her father. Though losing a parent is undeniably painful – especially for a child – Tsabari’s father bequeathed his young ... Read More »

January 7, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

By Sabina Khan

Rukhsana is a 17-year-old Bengali-American lesbian living in Seattle. In many ways, she’s lucky: she has a girlfriend she loves, lifelong friends, hardworking parents, and a full scholarship to Caltech. But there’s a cultural in-betweenness ... Read More »

January 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Beauty of the Moment

By Tanaz Bhathena

Senior year. First boyfriends. An adulterous parent. Those are just three of the elements Sarah Everett’s and Tanaz Bhathena’s new novels have in common. No One Here Is Lonely and The Beauty of the Moment ... Read More »

December 20, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

No One Here Is Lonely

By Sarah Everett

December 20, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Seven Days

By Patrick Senécal; Howard Scott and Phyllis Aronoff (trans.)

The name Patrick Senécal may not mean much to English-language readers, but in his home province, the author is a bona fide literary blockbuster. Frequently referred to as Quebec’s Stephen King, Senécal sells in the ... Read More »

December 20, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding

By Jennifer Robson

Months before Meghan Markle, the future Duchess of Sussex, walked down the aisle at St. George’s Chapel, finally revealing her Givenchy wedding gown, British bookies twice halted their betting pools over which couturier had received ... Read More »

December 20, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Goddess of Yantai

By Ian Hamilton

When the first Ava Lee novel was published in 2011, it introduced a character who was fresh and atypical: a lesbian Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant and martial arts master who dresses in Brooks Brothers suits and ... Read More »

December 17, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews