October 30, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Métis author Arnolda Dufour Bowes’s lighthearted collection of stories, Maggie Lou, Firefox, documents the misadventures of a creative, outspoken 12-year-old. Maggie Lou is always willing to get into trouble – and to drag her younger ... Read More »
Most people who have experienced pregnancy have likely at some point had a thought, however fleeting, that they wish someone – or something – else could take over for a while and grow their ... Read More »
October 25, 2023 | Filed under: History, Reviews, Science, Technology & Environment
In this warm and inviting picture book, an apartment building bustles with bread–making activity. The sweet smell of collaboration is in the air as families from many different cultures head to their kitchens, roll up ... Read More »
October 25, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
A small girl in Alberta spends time with her grandmother whom she refers to in Blackfoot as Naaahsa. Her grandmother is an artist and together they use their imaginations to create – beading, cooking, storytelling, ... Read More »
October 23, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Marie-Claire Blais first appeared on the literary landscape fully formed at the age of 20; her debut, La Belle Bête (translated into English as Mad Shadows), caused a furor in her home province of Quebec. ... Read More »
October 18, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
In Cracking the Nazi Code, University of New Brunswick professor Jason Bell describes how Canadian Winthrop Bell (no relation) tried to warn the world about the rise of far-right extremism in Germany after the First ... Read More »
October 18, 2023 | Filed under: History, Memoir & Biography, Reviews
Sixteen-year-old Michie and her best friend (a.k.a. “sister”) Trissa grew up together in the dilapidated duplex their single moms own. Over the past few months however, the girls have drifted apart as they find themselves ... Read More »
October 18, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Most conversations on climate change are beset with a sense of powerlessness and hopelessness. Saving the planet is a tall order. Where does one even begin? What can ordinary folks do about it? Shouldn’t our ... Read More »
October 16, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Every Canadian knows the analogy about living next door to the United States: “like sleeping with an elephant,” we are “affected by every twitch and grunt.” The analogy may be well-worn, but the challenge of ... Read More »
October 11, 2023 | Filed under: History, Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews
Every Canadian knows the analogy about living next door to the United States: “like sleeping with an elephant,” we are “affected by every twitch and grunt.” The analogy may be well-worn, but the challenge of ... Read More »
October 11, 2023 | Filed under: History, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews