BOOK REVIEWS

The Next Supper: The End of  Restaurants as We Knew Them,  and What Comes After

It’s been challenging to read during this global pandemic; I’ve lost my attention span for anything beyond a long-form essay or some short stories, so when I was asked to review two books about “the ... Read More »

January 4, 2022 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

My Words Flew Away like Birds

By Debora Pearson; Shrija Jain (ill.)

Toronto children’s author and librarian Debora Pearson offers a child’s-eye view of the challenges of moving to a new place in My Words Flew Away like Birds. Pearson, who works with newcomer families daily as ... Read More »

January 4, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ This Is How I Disappear

By Mirion Malle; Aleshia Jensen  and Bronwyn Haslam (trans.)

On the heels of her English-language nonfiction debut for young people – The League of Super Feminists, released last year – comes Mirion Malle’s resonant graphic fiction debut, also published by Montreal’s Drawn & Quarterly. ... Read More »

December 15, 2021 | Filed under: Graphica, Reviews

★ The Last Beautiful Girl

By Nina Laurin

Sixteen-year-old Isabella (Isa) Brixton, the protagonist of Montreal writer Nina Laurin’s chilling young-adult debut, is at the top of the world. She’s a popular junior at her Brooklyn high school, with close friends, understanding teachers, ... Read More »

December 14, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

A Good Name

By Yejide Kilanko

Yejide Kilanko’s intimate cross-section of a marriage in A Good Name not only investigates cultural expectations and familial duties but also homes in on the realities of immigrant life in America. After 12 gruelling years ... Read More »

December 13, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Song for the Snow

By Jon-Erik Lappano and Byron Eggenschwiler (ill.)

In the bio that appears in Jon-Erik Lappano’s first picture book, the sly and gorgeous Tokyo Digs a Garden, the term “environmentalist” comes before “storyteller.” This makes sense with respect to his Governor General’s Literary ... Read More »

December 8, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Permanent Astonishment

By Tomson Highway

The winner of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Permanent Astonishment is playwright and novelist Tomson Highway’s brilliant, funny, beautiful account of his childhood in both Canada’s remote North and at the Guy ... Read More »

December 7, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Tahira in Bloom

By Farah Heron

Tahira Janmohammad has a plan: build her social media brand, catch the eye of style influencers, get into New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, and make her House of Tahira fashion line a reality. When ... Read More »

December 6, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Spílǝxm: A Weaving of Recovery,  Resilience, and Resurgence

By Nicola I. Campbell

Spílǝxm takes the painful threads of one Indigenous woman’s story and weaves them into a vibrant sash. Part poetry and part prose, this challenging and experimental work intimately describes the journey of Nicola I. Campbell ... Read More »

December 1, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

The Midnight Club

By Shane Goth; Yong Ling Kang (ill.)

The Midnight Club follows sisters Becca and Milly as they roam their family home late at night while their parents sleep. Led by Oliver, the family cat, the Midnight Club has its own hand signals ... Read More »

November 30, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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