BOOK REVIEWS

★ As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories

Ten contemporary Black writers show up boldly on the pages of a new anthology of short fiction, As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories. Traditionally published speculative fiction, with a few exceptions such as ... Read More »

October 8, 2025 | Filed under: Anthologies, Fiction: Short, Reviews

Time Surfers

By Kevin Sylvester

As its title suggests, time travel plays a major role in Kevin Sylvester’s latest middle-grade tale, and yet, like his 2024 award-winning time-travel story Apartment 713, Time Surfers also aims for more than merely a ... Read More »

October 8, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror

By Laura Hall

Even the most ardent fans have a complex relationship with horror. The genre often deals in difficult subject matter, particularly the lived experiences of marginalized and traumatized characters, and opens up darker, and at times ... Read More »

October 1, 2025 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Indigenous Peoples, Media, Reviews

Sem’s Map

By Rebecca Thomas and Azby Whitecalf (ill.)

Sem’s Map by Mi’kmaw author Rebecca Thomas, with illustrations by Plains Cree artist Azby Whitecalf, introduces readers to ways of thinking about place names and maps that may be different from what they’re used to. ... Read More »

October 1, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Hemo Sapiens

By Emily A. Weedon

Early in Emily A. Weedon’s Hemo Sapiens, we are introduced to Luke Stockton, a no-nonsense homicide detective trying and failing to balance the impending birth of his first child with an increasingly complicated murder investigation. ... Read More »

September 24, 2025 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Seabird

By Michelle Kadarusman

Governor General's Award finalist Michelle Kadarusman brings an inspiring tale that centres her proud Indonesian heritage in the historical middle grade retelling, Seabird. Readers are introduced to Raden Adjeng Kartini, a real 19th century female ... Read More »

September 24, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Still

By Joanna Cockerline

Barely out of her teens, Kayla already has some dark and painful secrets – and she’s far from the only one. In Still, a moving and insightful debut novel about sex work and street life ... Read More »

September 17, 2025 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ A Summer of Dragonflies

By Natasha Deen

Natasha Deen’s latest novel, A Summer of Dragonflies, is a delightful, heartwarming, and hilarious read. The story follows the journey of 12-year-old (but almost 13) Gupta, affectionately known as a Guppie by her loved ones, ... Read More »

September 17, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Three Parties

By Ziyad Saadi

Set on a “splendid” June day in 1923, the apparent placidity of Mrs. Dalloway – in which a well-heeled Londoner runs errands in preparation for a dinner party – confounds expectations, thanks to Virginia Woolf’s ... Read More »

September 3, 2025 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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