BOOK REVIEWS

★ The Tortoise’s Tale

In a perpetually online, frenzied, and FOMO-driven world that celebrates hustle culture, demands efficiency, and, in ways, eschews true connection, “slowing down” is often held up as a self-care goal, but one that is rarely ... Read More »

November 19, 2025 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Sketch

By Jacques Goldstyn and Helen Mixter (trans.)

It’s easy to see that Sketch, the boy at the centre of Jacques Goldstyn’s ode to the powers of creative individuality, is different. Where everyone around him is rendered in colour surrounded by bold, inky ... Read More »

November 19, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Other Evolutions

By Rebecca Hirsch Garcia

Rebecca Hirsch Garcia’s fiction resists labels. In her work, human ordeals and the fantastic can intersect to poignant effect. Other Evolutions, the O. Henry Award–winner’s first novel, fuses a coming-of-age story with a family tale and ... Read More »

November 12, 2025 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ It Began with a Buzz

By Shiva Delsooz

A young girl is plagued by a persistent buzzing sound that only she can hear. She compares the constant drone in her ears to the hum of a bumblebee. The child’s frustrations come through loud ... Read More »

November 12, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ I Won’t Feel This Way Forever

By Kim Spencer

I Won’t Feel This Way Forever is the sequel to Kim Spencer’s award-winning book Weird Rules to Follow. Readers follow Mia as she shares her life in short vignettes – almost like diary entries – ... Read More »

November 5, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts

By Margaret Atwood

There’s an old joke that goes something like this: How many people do you know who went to Harvard? If you’re not sure, the answer is zero, because anyone who went there will make certain ... Read More »

November 4, 2025 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Nightmare Jones

By Shannon Bramer and Cindy Derby (ill.)

Shannon Bramer’s Nightmare Jones begins with a poem about the eponymous character who visits town with “a bit of blood on his shoe” and “a snag of branch in his hair,” setting the tone for a series ... Read More »

October 29, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Call Me Gray

By Andrew Larsen and Bells Larsen; Tallulah Fontaine (ill.)

Andrew Larsen’s latest picture book, Call Me Gray, was co-written with his child and musician Bells Larsen and illustrated by Tallulah Fontaine. This accessible picture book sensitively depicts the anxiety of coming out to a parent ... Read More »

October 22, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Qallupilluit: The Takers of Children

By Louise Flaherty and Neil Christopher; Megan Kyak-Monteith (ill.)

Set on Baffin Island, this young adult story begins with David and his parents arguing about both homework and housework. David, sick of quarrelling, runs off and decides to visit the beach during spring breakup, ... Read More »

October 15, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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