BOOK REVIEWS

The Mysterious Stones

By Enrique Pérez Díaz and Yayo (ill.); Alina Ruiz (trans.)

The latest title from one of Cuba’s most celebrated authors for young people shimmers with small moments of joy despite a subtle undercurrent of loss and longing. After dreaming about his papá, who has sailed ... Read More »

October 19, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Occidental Hotel

By John Bentley Mays

The essay by author Antanas Sileika that opens the late John Bentley Mays’s previously unpublished final novel, The Occidental Hotel, is bracingly upfront in managing a reader’s expectations. “I cautioned John that many Canadian readers ... Read More »

October 19, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Like a Bird

By Fariha Róisín

“Truth is what you’ve experienced. It’s what you know.” So says Taylia Chatterjee, the first-person narrator of Australian-Canadian author Fariha Róisín’s debut novel. Taylia voices what has become a staple of postmodern, therapy-inspired philosophy: truth ... Read More »

October 15, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Journal of a Travelling Girl

By Nadine Neema and Archie Beaverho (ill.)

On August 4, 2005, the Tłįchǫ Agreement came into effect. As a result of this accord, Canada ceded rights relating to land and resources back to the Tłįchǫ government and promised that henceforth Canada would ... Read More »

October 15, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto’s Queer Community

By Justin Ling

Toronto’s Bruce McArthur was a regular feature in the city’s gay village. He regularly met other local men for purposes of intimacy. When circumstances permitted, he also strangled them to death. The circuitous manhunt that ... Read More »

October 8, 2020 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds

By Elise Gravel

The key to successful comedy is knowing when to land the joke. With her three new kids’ titles, Montreal author Elise Gravel demonstrates a talent for comedic timing, firmly establishing her status as one of ... Read More »

October 8, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Not Me

By Elise Gravel

October 8, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Wrench

By Elise Gravel

October 8, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Talking to a Portrait: Tales of an Art Curator

By Rosalind M. Pepall

When Rosalind M. Pepall began her career as a curator more than 30 years ago, her job title had a very specific institutional meaning. Curating was a specialized profession requiring a graduate degree and was ... Read More »

October 5, 2020 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Reviews

Cam & Beau

By Maria Cichosz

Maria Cichosz’s debut novel – the first in a projected series – brims with theory and tension. Cam and Beau are long-time best friends and roommates living in Toronto at the beginning of the 21st ... Read More »

October 5, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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