Rock is dead. But long live rock, thanks to a whip-smart new book by John Crossingham, who is not only an editor at Owlkids, but also a semi-regular member of Canadian indie darlings Broken Social ... Read More »
October 20, 2009
In Hip Hop World, the latest in the Groundwood Guides series, Toronto-based journalist Dalton Higgins offers an introductory guide to hip hop culture, outlining its South Bronx past and global future. Higgins’s thesis is that ... Read More »
October 20, 2009
Dee Vale is a typical country girl in post-First World War Ontario, save for one defining feature: like her grandmother, she was born with what generations of superstitious villagers and farmers have referred to as ... Read More »
October 20, 2009
In Caroline Stellings’ The Contest, the latest instalment in Second Story Press’s Gutsy Girl series, 11-year-old Rosy Taylor is desperate to win the local Anne of Green Gables look-alike contest. The problem? Rosy is poor, ... Read More »
October 20, 2009
Karen Connelly was deemed something of a prodigy in 1993, when, at age 24, she won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal. Connelly has continued to astound, most notably ... Read More »
October 19, 2009 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
What is it about children’s fantasy lit that attracted two of Canada’s comedy writers and performers? A cynic would say it’s the urge to cash in on the success of J.K. Rowling et al. But ... Read More »
October 16, 2009
What is it about children’s fantasy lit that attracted two of Canada’s comedy writers and performers? A cynic would say it’s the urge to cash in on the success of J.K. Rowling et al. But ... Read More »
October 16, 2009
Two new books from historical novelist John Wilson take young readers behind the scenes of two very different wars. Death on the River, set at the end of the American Civil War, follows the exploits ... Read More »
October 16, 2009
Two new books from historical novelist John Wilson take young readers behind the scenes of two very different wars. Death on the River, set at the end of the American Civil War, follows the exploits ... Read More »
October 16, 2009
Despite her curiously old-fashioned name, Toronto-born, U.K.-based author Trilby Kent is actually quite young. What’s more, although you would never know it from the writing, Medina Hill is her first novel. It’s a good beginning, ... Read More »
October 16, 2009
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