★ A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring

In the Canadian media landscape, it’s a rare journalist who views reporting as a selfless calling that subjugates ego in favour of a well-reported story. That’s why Nahlah Ayed’s new memoir is a refreshing take ... Read More »

May 7, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ The Anatomy of Edouard Beaupré

By Sarah Kathryn York

First-time novelist Sarah Kathryn York chose an unusual format for her book about Edouard Beaupré, also known as the Willow Bunch Giant, a Canadian from a small community in Southern Saskatchewan who succumbed to tuberculosis ... Read More »

April 23, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Middle of Nowhere

By Caroline Adderson

Two-time Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize winner Caroline Adderson is that rare bird: a writer who brings to the middle-grade novel the artistry and respect it deserves. These books are the exclusive province of children in ... Read More »

April 19, 2012

The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea

By Helaine Becker; Willow Dawson, illus.

Kids learn best by doing, and when a book encourages them to make a sugar cube mountain, an iceberg in the bathtub, or a pair of undersea goggles, they’re likely to embrace it with great ... Read More »

April 19, 2012

Way to Go

By Tom Ryan

Danny, a teenager living in a small Cape Breton town in the summer of 1994, has a secret. It’s a secret he keeps from his mother, father, and movie-quoting little sister, and from his high-school ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Chaos

By Nalo Hopkinson

Acclaimed science fiction and fantasy writer Nalo Hopkinson turns her attention to YA fiction with her latest novel. Painting the challenges and angst faced by adolescents with the broad strokes of fantasy, Hopkinson draws on ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Veil Weavers

By Maureen Bush

The fate of the magic world rests on 11-year-old Josh’s shoulders in the third instalment of Calgary author Maureen Bush’s Veil of Magic series. The curtain between the human and magic worlds has been torn, ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Daisy’s Perfect Word

By Sandra V. Feder; Susan Mitchell, illus.

More than anything else, Daisy loves words. She loves reading books under the tree in her backyard, and making up new words with her best friend, Emma, on the way to school. Daisy even collects ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ A Troublesome Boy

By Paul Vasey

Accomplished journalist, CBC Radio host, and author Paul Vasey brings an impressive resumé to his YA debut, an historical novel detailing the dark side of a fictional Catholic boarding school. It is 1959, and 14-year-old ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Opposite of Tidy

By Carrie Mac

The most recent offering from West Coast YA powerhouse Carrie Mac relates the experiences of 15-year-old Juniper (“Junie”) as her mother’s hoarding goes from problematic to potentially life-threatening. When Mom’s salvation arrives via an offer ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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