Carry Me

Peter Behrens is a Montreal-bred writer of Irish descent who has taught in California and currently divides his time between Maine and Texas. In his fiction, this roving biography finds expression in acute attention to ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Li Jun and the Iron Road

By Anne Tait; Paulette Bourgeois

Writer, broadcaster, and movie producer Anne Tait’s novel adaptation of her Gemini Award–winning TV mini-series Iron Road tells the story of teenager Li Jun, who travels from southern China to the mountains of B.C. in ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Literary Storefront: The Glory Years, Vancouver’s Literary Centre, 1978–1985

By Trevor Carolan

“When i think of Storefront I think of Gastown and the smell of patchouli and dope,” writes Sharon Thesen, “ … and a great caring for poetry. It was where I did my first reading.” ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: History

Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo

By Natalie Hyde

Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo is the true story of Gentil Misigaro, a young Congolese man who fled the constant violence and warfare of his country to settle as a refugee in Winnipeg. ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City

By Lisa Charleyboy (ed.); Mary Beth Leatherdale (ed.)

“So, just how connected are you to your Indigenous roots if you live downtown?” This is the key question posed by editors Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale in Urban Tribes. Charleyboy and Leatherdale are ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Sold Down the Yangtze: Canada’s Lopsided Investment Deal with China

By Gus Van Harten

Sold Down the Yangtze, by Osgoode Hall law professor Gus Van Harten, is an incredibly in-depth treatment of a very complex and potentially important issue – but that doesn’t make it a good book. An ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Ben Says Goodbye

By Sarah Ellis; Kim La Fave (illus.)

Veteran children’s author (and Q&Q contributing editor) Sarah Ellis adds another title to her Ben series of picture books (produced in collaboration with illustrator Kim La Fave). This touching, realistically told story of a little ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ten Women

By George Bowering

First, there is the matter of the title. George Bowering’s story collection does indeed comprise 10 stories, each designated by a woman’s name, but only two and a half of them focus directly on the ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians

By Gordon Laxer

Perhaps able to foresee that even the longest federal election campaign in Canadian history would fail to prioritize the serious consequences of climate change, University of Alberta professor emeritus Gordon Laxer has gone ahead and ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown

By Adam Shoalts

In his recent biography of Roald Amundsen, The Last Viking, Stephen R. Bown describes the Norwegian explorer’s awareness of living at a time when the window for achieving greatness in an expeditionary context was closing. ... Read More »

December 14, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Science, Technology & Environment

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