Fugue States

In the wake of his father’s death, Ash, the 30-something Toronto-based host of a literary radio show, finds a single credible candidate for the position of “buddy.” Matt, who has been a more or less ... Read More »

May 29, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Out Standing in the Field: A Memoir by Canada’s First Female Infantry Officer

By Sandra Perron

On paper, Sandra Perron was the perfect soldier: a fit, fearless warrior who earned top marks in training, was comfortably bilingual, unquestionably dedicated to the Canadian Forces, and rose to become the first female officer ... Read More »

May 26, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Clothesline Swing

By Ahmad Danny Ramadan

With nearly half a million Syrians dead and an estimated 10 million internally and globally displaced since the start of the country’s civil war in 2011, it’s no wonder that Ahmad Danny Ramadan’s The Clothesline ... Read More »

May 23, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Stop Feedin’ da Boids!

By James Sage; Pierre Pratt (ill.)

The opening spread of American author James Sage’s Stop Feedin’ da Boids! paints a lazy pastoral landscape, idyllic green and dotted with free-roaming animals. Bunnies frolic, a lone horse drinks, a clump of cows graze… ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Colette’s Lost Pet (Mile End Stories, Book 1)

By Isabelle Arsenault

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in World War I

By Michael Gates

A historian’s goal should always be to find a story that has not been told, or to find an old story and tell it a new way. Two new books, both about people in the ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: History, Reviews

★ From the Tundra to the Trenches

By Eddy Weetaltuk; Thibault Martin (ed.)

A historian’s goal should always be to find a story that has not been told, or to find an old story and tell it a new way. Two new books, both about people in the ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: History, Reviews

Fail Better: Why Baseball Matters

By Mark Kingwell

When Roger Angell started writing baseball essays for The New Yorker in the 1960s, he knew he’d need a fresh angle on the beloved game. He found it right where he was sitting: in the ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Reviews, Sports, Health & Self-help

★ Baseball Life Advice: Loving the Game That Saved Me

By Stacey May Fowles

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Reviews, Sports, Health & Self-help

The Last Word: Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy

By Julia Cooper

Fusing social commentary and memoir, the latest instalment in Coach House’s Exploded Views series is a critical exploration of grief culture conducted by an author with a vested interest in the topic. Julia Cooper was ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Health & Self-help, Reviews

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