★ Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

By Christine Baldacchino; Isabelle Malenfant (illus.)

Morris Micklewhite is an imaginative little boy who loves pancakes, painting, singing, and his cat, Moo. His favourite part of school is the dress-up centre – the beautiful tangerine dress he puts on there reminds ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ This One Summer

By Mariko Tamaki; Jillian Tamaki (illus.)

Other than when they are written by actual children (which happens, sometimes), novels about childhood are essentially works of historical fiction. Once you grow up, youth becomes the territory of the distant past. Some authors ... Read More »

May 28, 2014 | Filed under: Graphica, Kids’ Books

★ Just Beneath My Skin

By Darren Greer

For a book that runs barely more than 200 pages, and is constructed of chapters seldom longer than a page or two, Just Beneath My Skin manages to compress a lot of big themes into ... Read More »

May 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Crimes Against My Brother

By David Adams Richards

Over his long career, David Adams Richards has carved out a unique body of work, in the process developing a form of literary expressionism that illuminates the moral depths – and depravity – of several ... Read More »

May 22, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab

By Shani Mootoo

What does it mean to be a man? How do we tell our most intimate stories? In her provocative, sophisticated fourth novel, Shani Mootoo addresses these questions while reflecting on notions of home, identity, and ... Read More »

May 12, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Age

By Nancy Lee

In 2002, Nancy Lee’s Dead Girls, a collection of dark, chilling stories exploring the lives of murdered teens and lost women in Vancouver, thrilled critics here and abroad. Twelve years later, Lee returns with a ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Smoke River

By Krista Foss

The best books destroy you, overwhelm you with deep feelings – despair, anger, love, defiance, frustration, yearning, bitterness, pain. In her debut novel, former journalist and two-time Journey Prize finalist Krista Foss elicits precisely this ... Read More »

May 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Pastoral

By André Alexis

André Alexis’s new novella should be neither judged nor dismissed on the basis of its title. The pastoral is often defined by clean images that conjure the simplicity, serenity, and charm of rural places and ... Read More »

May 1, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Confabulist

By Steven Galloway

Martin Strauss is doubly cursed: he is the victim of a degenerative condition that destroys his memories while replacing them with false ones, and the man responsible for the death of Harry Houdini. He is ... Read More »

April 28, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ All My Puny Sorrows

By Miriam Toews

The choice to die and the shame associated with suicide are at the thematic heart of Miriam Toews’s stunning sixth novel. This is not unexpected, given that the author herself has been touched by suicide ... Read More »

April 24, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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