The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie

Sir Sam Hughes and Sir Arthur Currie, lifted out of obscurity by the First World War, occupy very different places in the pantheon of great Canadians. Hughes – the abrasive, unstable Minister of Militia and ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Breakfast at the Exit Café: Travels Through America

By Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds

In December 2006, husband and wife Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds decided to take the long way home from Vancouver to Ontario. Anxious to avoid winter driving, and eager to experience America – a nation ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

One Bird’s Choice: A Year in the Life of an Overeducated, Underemployed Twenty-something Who Moves Back Home

By Iain Reid

There was a time, not so very long ago, when the idea of a young adult moving back in with his or her parents after leaving home to pursue an education, adventure, or gainful employment ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Home Free: The Myth of the Empty Nest

By Marni Jackson

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

The Bourgeois Empire

By Evie Christie

Jules, the protagonist of Toronto poet Evie Christie’s debut novel, is a successful lawyer with a wife and kids, but he’s also lonely, bored, and saddled with a porn addiction. To make matters worse, his ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

How Should a Person Be?

By Sheila Heti

Relationships between identity, creativity, and friendship are explored in a humorous and intelligent – if somewhat monochromatic – manner in Toronto-based Sheila Heti’s new novel. Heti, who previously produced a novel (2005’s Ticknor) and short ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

This Book Will Not Save Your Life

By Michelle Berry

As Michelle Berry’s fourth novel begins, the ambulance carrying 28-year-old, 700-pound Sylvia Swamp has been diverted to a veterinary hospital. Sylvia has suffered a coronary embolism and needs a CT scan, but the machine at ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Everything Was Good-Bye

By Gurjinder Basran

Gurjinder Basran has earned an early reputation as a writer of promise: she is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio, an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award finalist, and a writer touted by the Vancouver ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Mordecai: The Life & Times

By Charles Foran

Mordecai Richler was many things to many people: to devoted fans of his sprawling novels he was the larger than life St. Urbain Street scribe; to newspaper and magazine readers he was a scathing political ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Punishing Ugly Children

By Darryl Joel Berger

Darryl Joel Berger’s debut short story collection is filled with distinctive characters, many pining for luck amidst bad situations and mile-long losing streaks. Whether his characters get what they want is ultimately less important than ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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