Atmospheric Disturbances

Toronto-born, New York-raised author Rivka Galchen’s first novel is a clever, stylish debut that wears its postmodern conventions on its sleeve. The narrator is Dr. Leo Liebenstein, a psychiatrist suffering from his own paranoid delusion. ... Read More »

November 4, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Numbers

By David A. Poulsen

Set in a fictional prairie town (in what could be Canada or the U.S.), Alberta author David A. Poulsen’s Numbers finds Andy “Alamo” Crockett trying to figure out whether his Grade 10 Social Studies teacher, ... Read More »

November 3, 2008

Ballplayers and Bonesetters: One Hundred Ancient Aztec and Maya Jobs You Might Have Adored or Abhorred

By Laurie Coulter; Martha Newbigging, illus.

Ballplayers and Bonesetters is the third book in a series that examines the history of specific eras from an unusual angle. Like Archers and Alchemists (the medieval era) and Cowboys and Coffin Makers (the 19th ... Read More »

November 3, 2008

X Doesn’t Mark the Spot: Tales of Pirate Gold, Buried Treasure, and Lost Riches

By Ed Butts

Given the onscreen exploits of Johnny Depp and his Caribbean cronies in recent years, there’s a high degree of pirate literacy on school playgrounds all over Canada – backed by a huge interest in all ... Read More »

November 3, 2008

No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed As Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure

By Susan Hughes; Willow Dawson, illus.

Seven brave women are profiled in No Girls Allowed, a slim graphic novel written by Susan Hughes and illustrated by Willow Dawson (both of whom are based in Toronto), including the Egyptian pharaoh, Hatshepsut; Alfhild, ... Read More »

November 3, 2008

Cton’s Super A-Maze-Ing Year of Crazy Comics

By Clayton Hammer

Cton is an orange, vaguely humanoid cartoon creature with pointy ears and a monobrow. His jelly-loving best friend Blob is, well, a big, green blob who leaves a trail of slime wherever he goes. Both ... Read More »

November 3, 2008

Polar Worlds: Life at the Ends of the Earth

By Robert Bateman, with Nancy Kovacs

The nearly 80-year-old artist Robert Bateman’s wildlife paintings are both photo-realistic and strikingly animated – imbuing their subjects with life, even when they are depicted doing nothing more than sunning themselves. The paintings are, therefore, ... Read More »

November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Traitors’ Gate and Other Doorways to the Past

By Claire Eamer

Doors can be a metaphor for life, with the potential to link us directly with our past, present, and future. In Traitors’ Gate, Whitehorse author Claire Eamer explains this symbolism through the history of eight ... Read More »

November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Zorgamazoo

By Robert Paul Weston; Victor Rivas, illus.

Told entirely in rhyming couplets, Toronto (by way of Vancouver and the U.K.) author Robert Paul Weston’s Zorgamazoo is a story rich in clever wordplay, unusual characters, and fantastic circumstances. Katrina Katrell is a clever ... Read More »

November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Incredibly Ordinary Danny Chandelier

By Laura Trunkey

B.C. author Laura Trunkey’s dryly funny debut novel is centred around the misadventures of Lily Brook Academy’s newest student, Danny Chandelier. Danny suffers from a malady most distressing: an astonishing capacity for adequateness. Eager to ... Read More »

November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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