An Infidel in Paradise

First-time author S.J. Laidlaw draws heavily on her experiences living in Pakistan (she now resides in Toronto) to examine the struggles of a troubled teen thrust into the unfamiliar – and sometimes dangerous – world ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Namesake

By Sue MacLeod

In her debut novel, Sue MacLeod successfully accomplishes a feat many more experienced writers struggle with: weaving an historical narrative smoothly into a contemporary storyline. The Toronto author uses the tried-and-true device of time travel ... Read More »

April 23, 2013

What’s Going on at the Time Tonight?

By Gerald Mercer; Holly DeWolf, illus.

Long before modern distractions like video games and television, Newfoundlanders spent their evenings sharing stories and playing music. Whether they took place in homes or community halls, these parties, called “times,” were filled with song, ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ How To

By Julie Morstad

From the outset, it’s clear that Julie Morstad’s How To is a very special book. Each page features the Vancouver artist’s trademark pen-and-ink drawings of kids just being kids: taking things slow (by lying in ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ A Long Way Away

By Frank Viva

Lauded graphic designer and commercial illustrator Frank Viva takes the mastery of avant-garde picture-book creation he displayed in his 2011 debut, Along a Long Road, to a staggering level in his third title. This self-proclaimed ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bone and Bread

By Saleema Nawaz

Five years after Mother Superior, her breakthrough collection of short stories, Saleema Nawaz returns with a big and beautiful novel set in Montreal and Ottawa. While there’s much travelling in this book – through time ... Read More »

April 22, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Toronto Star Cookbook: More than 150 Diverse and Delicious Recipes Celebrating Ontario

By Jennifer Bain; Ryan Szulc, photog.

One of the overarching sentiments governing cooking these days is the idea that less is more, simple is better. Fancy food has become déclassé. There are challenges when packaging such recipes for today’s cookbook-buying public. ... Read More »

April 17, 2013 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Summers in Supino: Becoming Italian

By Maria Coletta McLean

It is impossible to approach a book entitled Summers in Supino: Becoming Italian without wary anticipation of the cloying pastoral scenes found in the likes of a Frances Mayes novel. Thankfully, the follow-up to Maria ... Read More »

April 17, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Bilingual Being: My Life as a Hyphen

By Kathleen Saint-Onge

In her debut memoir, teacher and linguist Kathleen Saint-Onge details her fraught relationship with her native languages, English and French. Appropriately, Bilingual Being is itself written in two “languages”: prose and poetry. The latter tackles ... Read More »

April 17, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

By Lee Smolin

Explaining cutting-edge physics to non-physicists is a nearly impossible task. Compounding the problem is the fact that physics is grounded in mathematics, and because key concepts have to be put into layperson’s terms and illustrated ... Read More »

April 17, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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