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Despite having one setting – limbo – in which eating is altogether unnecessary and another – a Mexican resort – where cocktails assume a greater role than food, the quirky televised cooking contest Chopped sprang ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Captive

By Claudine Dumont; David Scott Hamilton (trans.)

In her debut novel, Quebec photographer and teacher Claudine Dumont plunges the reader into the depths of a nightmare with a visceral immediacy that leaves one gasping for breath. Emma is the sort of person ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

By Dan Gardner; Philip E. Tetlock

In 2010, Dan Gardner published Future Babble, a fascinating look at the often dodgy business of expert predictions. Much of the scientific core of the book was derived from the research of Philip Tetlock, himself ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Snap!

Is there anything better than a fresh box of crayons when you’re a kid? For little Evan, the first crayon to snap is heartbreaking, until he realizes that instead of one brown crayon, now he ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Beginner’s Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars

By Maria Birmingham; Josh Holinaty (illus.)

In this humorous but informative non-fiction title for middle graders, Maria Birmingham takes a look at the various ways in which humans have tried to escape death – permanently – throughout the ages. Incorporating science, ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ A Thousand Nights

By E.K. Johnston

If you’re unfamiliar with E.K. Johnston, all you really need to know is that the author is one of the most original voices in contemporary YA. Her debut, The Story of Owen, and its sequel, ... Read More »

October 14, 2015

An Inheritance of Ashes

By Leah Bobet

In Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet is fantastic in the true sense of the word. Bobet’s unrestrained imagination deftly fashions an odd but remarkable story in a world that is beautiful and barely comprehensible. ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Seven Dead Pirates

By Linda Bailey

Vancouver author Linda Bailey, a two-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for her funny, fast-paced Stevie Diamond mysteries, delivers a resonant, well-paced middle-grade adventure in Seven Dead Pirates. When Lewis ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Blackthorn Key

By Kevin Sands

Toronto author Kevin Sands holds two degrees in theoretical physics, so naturally his first novel is about … 17th-century alchemy. Not just alchemy, but also dark conspiracies, political intrigue, mysterious codes, murder, and early treatments ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Blue Vase

By Katarina Jovanovic; Josée Bisaillon (illus.)

Countless books have tackled the subject of bullying, in all its forms. Whether verbal, physical, emotional, or social, when one child is forced to endure abuse by another (or many others), the effects can be ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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