★ Dead Heat

By Benedek Totth; Ildikó Noémi Nagy (trans.)

Early on in Hungarian author Benedek Totth’s debut novel, the unnamed teenaged protagonist has a dream in which his dead father – now with the head of a shark – pleads, “Keep swimming, son, even ... Read More »

September 30, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Work

By Maria Meindl

In Maria Meindl’s debut novel, set in 1980s Toronto, a stage manager falls for the enigmatic owner of a cutting-edge theatre company. Rebecca Weir joins SenseInSound, whose rehearsals take place in a cold, underground warehouse. ... Read More »

September 30, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Yours, for Probably Always: Martha Gellhorn’s Letters of Love and War 1930–1949

By Janet Somerville (ed.)

Martha Gellhorn was born in 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri, and almost immediately was desperate to be somewhere else. She left for France in 1930 and embarked on a 60-year career as a foreign correspondent ... Read More »

September 26, 2019 | Filed under: History, Reviews

★ The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice

By Vanessa Brown

In the 1960s, eight people – Jackie English, Jacqueline Dunleavy, Lynda White, Soraya O’Connell, Frankie Jensen, Scott Leishman, Helga Beer, and Bruce Stapylton – were murdered in and around the city of London, Ontario. To ... Read More »

September 26, 2019 | Filed under: History, Reviews

Here I Am!

By Pauline Holdstock

The new novel from Victoria writer Pauline Holdstock begins with six-year-old Frankie sneaking aboard a ship bound for France. His mother has just died, and Frankie’s plan is to cross the ocean, find a police ... Read More »

September 23, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Sockeye Silver, Saltchuck Blue

By Robert Budd and Roy Henry Vickers (ill.)

Babies and toddlers demand a lot from their books: chew-resistant pages, intriguing illustrations for developing eyesight (especially in the first year), and captivating text that supports language development. Plus, the material must appeal to both ... Read More »

September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ A Potato on a Bike

By Elise Gravel

September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

AlphaBit: An ABC Quest in 8-bit

By Juan Carlos Solon

September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Even That Wildest Hope

By Seyward Goodhand

On the acknowledgements page of A Dark House, Ian Colford mentions the eight stories were written between 15 and 25 years ago, a period during which he regarded publication as an “impossibly lofty goal.” In ... Read More »

September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

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Quill and Quire

★ Dead Heat

The Work

Yours, for Probably Always: Martha Gellhorn’s Letters of Love and War 1930–1949

★ The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice

Here I Am!

Sockeye Silver, Saltchuck Blue

★ A Potato on a Bike

AlphaBit: An ABC Quest in 8-bit

Even That Wildest Hope

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