“Though we never met, in many ways Anne Fulton is the reason I am writing this book.” That is the opening of the preface for this thorough and intimate history of the first 12 years ... Read More »
New books by Eternity Martis and Tessa McWatt expertly navigate the experience of coming into their respective authors’ identities as Black women. For Martis, finding a community amid isolation slowly strengthens her. For McWatt, the ... Read More »
May 25, 2020 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews
New books by Eternity Martis and Tessa McWatt expertly navigate the experience of coming into their respective authors’ identities as Black women. For Martis, finding a community amid isolation slowly strengthens her. For McWatt, the ... Read More »
May 25, 2020 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews
Who among us can honestly say they’d be free of fear or embarrassment if their phone and laptop were seized and scrutinized by law enforcement? Such is the anxiety-plagued situation of Stacey Power, the protagonist ... Read More »
May 21, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
If the last few seasons of publishing are any indication, we’re in the midst of a 21st-century witch craze. Witchery is hot, and it’s popping up across all publishing and entertainment categories: middle-grade graphic novels, ... Read More »
May 14, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Gwen Kaplan is a content, loving, maybe even slightly smug suburban stay-at-home mom of two. She is devoted to her children and husband and comfortable with her modest, unassuming life. When she wins close to ... Read More »
May 14, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Wordless picture books can obviously be experienced alone, while reading them together can be a little more difficult. But in two new releases, the visual stories break from reality to serve as lush springboards for ... Read More »
May 11, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Wordless picture books can obviously be experienced alone, while reading them together can be a little more difficult. But in two new releases, the visual stories break from reality to serve as lush springboards for ... Read More »
May 11, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
A shifting, nebulous sense of identity sits at the heart of this dense, metaphoric novella by French-Canadian author Stéphanie Boulay. Set in what we can assume are the wilds of rural Quebec, Where the Waters ... Read More »
May 7, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Not many Canadians remember – or ever knew – the story of the Abortion Caravan, a group of women who drove from Vancouver to Ottawa in the spring of 1970 to challenge Canada’s abortion laws. ... Read More »
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