The Betrayers

David Bezmozgis burst onto the North American literary scene in the most unlikely way: by publishing, to great acclaim, Natasha, a small collection of idiosyncratic, autobiographical stories set in the Toronto borough of North York, ... Read More »

August 28, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Photobooth: A Biography

By Meags Fitzgerald

Photobooth pictures can be among the most priceless, personal artifacts of our fading past. Illustrator and comics artist Meags Fitzgerald explores the fascination with these ephemera through an obsessive, autobiographical account of her relationship with ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Graphica

Pluck

By Laisha Rosnau

There is a serious problem with how we write obituaries for great women. When rocket scientist Yvonne Brill passed away in 2013, The New York Times praised her beef stroganoff, child-rearing abilities, and spousal loyalty ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance after Operation Valkyrie

By Randall Hansen

With a title like Disobeying Hitler, University of Toronto professor Randall Hansen’s second book is likely to grab people right from its cover. The text itself, which focuses on the last days of the Third ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: History

Birding with Yeats

By Lynn Thomson

The debut memoir by Toronto bookseller Lynn Thomson is a gentle story about a parent connecting with a child, similar in spirit to David Gilmour’s The Film Club. There are crucial differences, however: Gilmour imposed ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Geography of Pluto

By Christopher DiRaddo

Will Ambrose is a 28-year-old geography teacher. He’s gay. His boyfriend Max has dumped him. His closest relationship is with his mother, who is devoted to him. His best friend, Angie, is a lesbian who ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Oakdale Dinner Club

By Kim Moritsugu

What’s a girl to do when she finds out that her husband has cheated on her? In Kim Moritsugu’s witty sixth novel, the answer is: start a neighbourhood dinner club as a way to meet ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

My October

By Claire Holden Rothman

Three narrative threads jostle for space in My October, Claire Holden Rothman’s first novel since The Heart Specialist, which was longlisted for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The first recalls the turbulent events of October ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Our Scandalous Senate

By J. Patrick Boyer

When J. Patrick Boyer writes that the recent senate expenses scandal “dominated media coverage, overtook the national conversation,” he may be overstating the case just a little bit. The story of four senators – Mike ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

El Nino

By Nadia Bozak

Nadia Bozak’s Border Trilogy breathes new life into the Western genre by updating the tired, male-centric archetype of the nomadic outlier. While her debut, 2007’s Orphan Love, takes place in Northern Ontario, Bozak’s new novel ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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