Death of a Lesser Man

Death of a Lesser Man sees Inspector Eric Stride, the detective hero of Undertow and The Rossiter File, return to his stomping grounds in postwar Newfoundland. This time around, Stride is tasked to look into ... Read More »

July 21, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Creep

By Jennifer Hillier

It should be the happiest time of her life, but Dr. Sheila Tao has never been so miserable. She’s a tenured professor of psychology at Puget Sound University. She’s engaged. Everything is perfect – except ... Read More »

July 18, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Various Positions

By Martha Schabas

Georgia, the teenaged protagonist of Martha Schabas’s debut novel, is nearly out of middle school. She can’t wait to ditch her uncouth peers for the purity and purposefulness of freshman year at the Royal Toronto ... Read More »

July 11, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Qalupalik

By Elisha Kilabuk; Joy Ang, illus.

The Qalupalik is a mystical Inuit tale that offers a unique reworking of a well-known narrative. In the classic tradition of vulnerable children outsmarting foes that are bigger, older, and stronger than they are, an ... Read More »

June 29, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Unsinkable: Titanic, Book One

By Gordon Korman

April 15, 2012, will mark the centennial of the sinking of the Titanic in the frigid waters of the Atlantic. There are few who do not know the story: the unsinkable ship, the iceberg, the ... Read More »

June 29, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

City Numbers

By Joanne Schwartz; Matt Beam, photog.

A sequel to City Alphabets (a Q&Q book of the year in 2009), City Numbers again finds Torontonians Joanne Schwartz and Matt Beam exploring the variety of signs and messages to be found and enjoyed ... Read More »

June 29, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ That Boy Red

By Rachna Gilmore

In the first story of Governor General’s Literary Award winner Rachna Gilmore’s new collection, young Red MacRae complains about his crotchety grandmother’s penchant for showing off an ancient swatch of her long red hair, preserved ... Read More »

June 29, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Next Day

By Paul Peterson and Jason Gilmore; John Porcellino, illus.

Suicide and the mental illnesses that lead to it are not often discussed publicly, save for the occasional sober current affairs piece in the media. This is problematic because the conditions that lead people to ... Read More »

June 27, 2011 | Filed under: Graphica

Reinventing the Rose

By Kenneth J. Harvey

If there isn’t a category of literature known as Maritime Postmodern, Kenneth J. Harvey continues to make a case that there should be, with himself as its leading proponent. Like 2006’s Inside, about a wrongly ... Read More »

June 20, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

How Shakespeare Changed Everything

By Stephen Marche

It is clear from the opening paragraphs of this charming tribute that novelist and culture columnist Stephen Marche is besotted by the Bard. This highly accessible paean to someone whom Marche describes as “the world’s ... Read More »

June 13, 2011 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

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