Ballistics

D.W. Wilson’s first book, 2011’s Once You Break a Knuckle, was a collection of brutal tales about guilt-ridden, impulsive fathers and sons with a taste for cheap beer and tendency toward messy violence, mostly set ... Read More »

August 16, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Restoration Artist

By Lewis DeSoto

Idealized and melancholic pastoral landscapes devoid of people. These are the paintings that Leo Millar, the protagonist of author Lewis DeSoto’s The Restoration Artist has made a good living from. Only after losing his beloved ... Read More »

August 16, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Emancipation Day

By Wayne Grady

Wayne Grady – former magazine writer and editor, author of 14 non-fiction titles, Governor General’s Literary Award–winning translator, and editor of numerous anthologies of both fiction and non-fiction – is not exactly new to the ... Read More »

August 16, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Family Took Shape

By Shashi Bhat

Whether Shashi Bhat’s debut novel is, as the author suggests, a “distorted projection” of her own life or an entirely imagined world is an open question. What is clear is that The Family Took Shape ... Read More »

August 16, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ The Dilettantes

By Michael Hingston

In his fiction debut, Michael Hingston, the books columnist for the Edmonton Journal, has delivered a campus novel from the perspective of the students, a clever twist that provides an entertaining – and somewhat alarming ... Read More »

August 16, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Eliot Girls

By Krista Bridge

In her debut novel, Danuta Gleed Literary Award nominee Krista Bridge explores timeless and timely themes: adultery and psychological bullying among teen girls. The fictional George Eliot Academy in Toronto boasts a curriculum that blends ... Read More »

August 16, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Goodnight, Canada

This charming picture book transports readers across Canada, inviting sleepy young ones to bid goodnight to each province and territory. Written and illustrated by Andrea Beck, author of the popular Elliot Moose series, Goodnight, Canada ... Read More »

August 12, 2013

Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-ending War

A decade after releasing the first novel in her lauded Afghanistan-set Breadwinner trilogy, Deborah Ellis returns with a non-fiction examination of how the children of that war-torn country have fared since the fall of the ... Read More »

August 12, 2013

Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?

The Air India disaster and its frustrating 21-year aftermath has been the subject of at least half a dozen non-fiction books of investigative journalism in this country, and they are still coming. But Anita Rau ... Read More »

August 12, 2013

The Twice Born

Pauline Gedge’s latest novel of ancient Egypt tells the story of Huy, a young scribe destined for greatness. When Huy is sent from his impoverished town to study with the sons of nobles at the ... Read More »

August 12, 2013

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Ballistics

The Restoration Artist

Emancipation Day

The Family Took Shape

★ The Dilettantes

The Eliot Girls

Goodnight, Canada

Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-ending War

Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?

The Twice Born

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