Piggy Bunny

Liam is just like any other little piglet, with one important difference: he doesn’t want to be a pig when he grows up, he wants to be the Easter Bunny. Liam’s down-to-earth siblings have no ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Walk in Pirate’s Cove

By Marisa Hochman; Bette Woodland,illus.

“Let’s go off on a pirate walk, / Down by the shining sea.” Thus begins this lovely book (the first from Winnipeg’s 36 Peonies Publishing) that celebrates the simple pleasures of discovering the natural world. ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

Shoot It! Hollywood Inc. and the Rising of Independent Film

By David Spaner

In his new book, Vancouver film critic David Spaner comes frothing out of the gate like Steven Spielberg’s war horse. Shoot It! is a comprehensive study of independent cinema in the U.S., Canada, Britain, and ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

My Year of the Racehorse: Falling in Love with the Sport of Kings

By Kevin Chong

One day, out of the blue, Vancouver author Kevin Chong decided to become part owner of a racehorse. The mare in question is Blackie, the kind of horse, Chong writes, that resembles a suspicious character ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Attack of the Copula Spiders and Other Essays on Writing

By Douglas Glover

Novelist and short story writer Douglas Glover, author of the novels Elle (winner of the 2003 Governor General’s Literary Award) and The Life and Times of Captain N., among other works, has earned his bread ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

★ The Complete Lockpick Pornography

By Joey Comeau

It would be easy to assess Joey Comeau’s The Complete Lockpick Pornography as a simple exploration of violence and sexuality. The volume is certainly semi-pornographic and, depending on your personal or literary boundaries, refreshingly subversive. ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Deadly Accusations

By Debra Purdy Kong

Debra Purdy Kong’s second Casey Holland mystery begins with two rather prosaic situations. Kids are regularly brawling on Vancouver’s Mainland Public Transit buses, and someone is hurling stones at bus windows. Casey, considered MPT’s best ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Carpenter

By Matt Lennox

From the early 20th century to the present, from George Orwell to Ian McEwan and, most recently, Alain de Botton, there has been a tradition of taking novelists to task for failing to represent the ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Westlake Soul

By Rio Youers

Rio Youers’ ambitious second novel is told from the perspective of Westlake Soul, a 23-year-old surfer who has been paralyzed after a brutal wipeout. He lives in a persistent vegetative state under the care of ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Daughters Who Walk this Path

By Yejide Kilanko

Ontario resident Yejide Kilanko’s first novel transports readers to her native Nigeria, telling a dark coming-of-age story that brings attention to the kind of violence many women suffer in silence. Daughters Who Walk this Path ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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