BOOK REVIEWS

Muinji’j Asks Why: The Story of the Mi’kmaq and the Shubenacadie Residential School

By Shanika MacEachern and Breighlynn MacEachern (Muinji’j); Zeta Paul

Mi’kmaq writers Shanika MacEachern and her daughter, third-grader Breighlynn MacEachern (Muinji’j), explain the traumatic impact of residential schools on the Mi’kmaq community in Muinji’j Asks Why: The Story of the Mi’kmaq and the Shubenacadie Residential ... Read More »

March 7, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World

By Eliza Reid

In 2003, when Canadian Eliza Reid moved to Iceland “for love,” she was already embarking on a unique experience; as recently as 1996, as Reid writes in her new book, Secrets of the Sprakkar, “a ... Read More »

March 2, 2022 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Meet Mary Ann Shadd

By Elizabeth MacLeod and Mike Deas; ill.

Through ingenuity and persistence, Mary Ann Shadd worked to change people’s lives for the better. She learned the importance of supporting the Black community while still a child: her parents were anti-slavery activists who used ... Read More »

March 1, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

My Two-Faced Luck

By Brett Josef Grubisic

“Fifty-nine-year-old homosexual found guilty of murdering an elderly widow at sea on a cruise ship.” This snippet from a criminology reference text provides a starting point for the novel My Two-Faced Luck, Brett Josef Grubisic’s ... Read More »

February 22, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Troupers

By Richard Scarsbrook

In his 2020 volume On Nostalgia, David Berry points out that the Greek root of “nostalgia” refers to a condition resembling homesickness or, more literally, a pain associated with home. This is particularly germane to ... Read More »

February 16, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Letters to Amelia

By Lindsay Zier-Vogel

This debut novel by Lindsay Zier-Vogel begins with a breakup that’s as bewildering as it is agonizing. Grace Porter, a library technician at the University of Toronto, has built what seems to be a predictable ... Read More »

February 9, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Blue-Skinned Gods

By SJ Sindu

Stories of deceit and exploitation perpetuated with the help of blind faith abound, each more confounding than the last. In 2015, it came to light that a self-styled Indian godman had convinced 400 male followers ... Read More »

February 8, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Rush of Wings

By Laura E. Weymouth

For as long as she can remember, Rowena has heard the wind speaking to her, and has known that magic lives inside her – a magic her mother Mairead deems Rowena too hotheaded to master. ... Read More »

February 7, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Open Your Heart

By Alexie Morin; Aimee Wall (trans.)

“When people look at me, they don’t see what they’re supposed to see. … When I communicate with others, they don’t hear what they’re supposed to hear,” writes Alexie Morin in Open Your Heart, a ... Read More »

February 2, 2022 | Filed under: Autofiction

★ Lost Things

By Carey Sookocheff

Losing things is a part of life. Whether it’s an especially bouncy ball, a favourite hair ribbon, or even a pet, every child knows what it’s like to lose something special. But what happens to ... Read More »

February 1, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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