Radio Belly

Among the impressive lineup of talent assembled in the 2010 speculative fiction anthology Darwin’s Bastards, a pair of stories by a couple of newcomers stood out: Matthew J. Trafford’s “The Divinity Gene” and Buffy Cram’s ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Malarky

By Anakana Schofield

Irish-Canadian literary critic Anakana Schofield’s first novel is a tumultuous ride. Malarky asks questions without providing answers, chronicling the emotional, mental, and occasionally menial anxieties of Our Woman as she struggles with her own agency ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Why Men Lie

By Linden MacIntyre

Why Men Lie never answers the provocative question implied in its title, although author Linden MacIntyre hints strongly that part of the reason resides in another definition of the verb “to lie.” And although it ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ A Book of Great Worth

By Dave Margoshes

It takes some serious chops for an author to write a family memoir in which he or she is not the main character. It takes even bigger chops to use the constituent parts of a ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Web of Angels

By Lilian Nattel

The facts of tragedy can be offensively clean and unadorned. I learned this a few days before Christmas, when a friend charged me with the task of disseminating the information that someone she knew had ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Stray Love

By Kyo Maclear

The title of Toronto writer Kyo Maclear’s second novel provides many clues as to what’s between the covers: over the course of the story, love strays, lovers stray, and strays are loved. These are just ... Read More »

February 27, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Green Man

By Michael Bedard

What makes a good ghost story? The ones we remember usually feature a troubled soul, an unfinished tale, a receptive listener, and, above all, a specific and fully realized place: a location for spirits to ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The World in Your Lunch Box: The Wacky History and Weird Science of Everyday Foods

By Claire Eamer; Sa Boothroyd, illus.

A cross between a science experiment and history project, The World in Your Lunch Box humorously and informatively dissects a week’s worth of lunches, taking a close look at the food kids love the most. ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Secret Life of Money: A Kid’s Guide to Cash

By Kira Vermond; Clayton Hanmer, illus.

Seasoned journalist Kira Vermond draws on her background as both a finance writer and contributor to publications such as Today’s Parent and Owl for her first children’s book. Written for a middle-grade audience, The Secret ... Read More »

February 15, 2012

Lower the Trap

By Jessica Scott Kerrin

Halifax author Jessica Scott Kerrin, best known for her boy-targeted Martin Bridge books, draws on local fishing traditions and lore for her new Lobster Chronicles trilogy. The first book introduces readers to middle-grader Graeme Swinimer, ... Read More »

February 15, 2012

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