★ Being with Henry

Martha Brooks’ latest novel for young adults expands the horizons of the coming-of-age story. Not only does Laker, the 16-year-old protagonist, find himself on the inhospitable threshold of adulthood, but the other main character, Henry, ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Red Moon Follows Truck

By Stephen Eaton Hume, Leslie Elizabeth Watts, illus.

A moon to follow, a moon to capture; red moon, golden moon; a moon making its shining path across the water into the imagination of a child. These two engaging picture books look in very ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mr. Dickens Hits Town

By Jan Mark, Regolo Ricci, illus.

Jan Mark’s effervescent text and Regolo Ricci’s jewelled illustrations in Mr. Dickens Hits Town make a striking debut for Tundra’s new line, Storybooks, intended for readers making the transition to novels.Mark mingles fact and fiction ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Eunoia

By Christian Bök

Trust the French to produce an avant-garde novelist, Georges Perec, who could write a 300-page novel, La Disparition, without a single use of the letter ‘e.’ Trust Christian Bök – a Toronto poet, linguist, and ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

By A.F. Moritz

Reading Albert Moritz, one is reminded that this conscientious social objector could easily pass for a modern day Tom Jones. Throughout his provocative, deeply moving, and challenging collection, the Toronto-based artist frames his moral outrage ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Lambton Kent

By André Alexis

This short play by André Alexis is a strange but memorable diversion. It takes the form of a lecture to the Nigerian Geographical Society by Dr. Ken Mtubu, a distinguished anthropologist who gives an account ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Summer Burns

By Mary Jo Pollak

Hot summer nights. Parties. Small town Ontario. Drugs and alcohol. Waitressing. Hitchhiking. Best friends. Nicknames. This is Mary Jo Pollak’s first novel, Summer Burns. Living in the 1970s – where freedom mixes with drug dependency, ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Short Haul Engine

By Karen Solie

Almost everything you need to know about Karen Solie’s first collection of poetry is contained in her title, Short Haul Engine. This slim volume of poems burns with the intensity of an engine, firing with ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada

By Lawrence Hill

With Black Berry, Sweet Juice Lawrence Hill opens an overdue discussion of what racial identity means to Canadians of mixed race. It’s a worthwhile project, but Hill undermines his intentions by trying to address academics ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Sulha

By Malka Marom

To read Sulha’s 566 pages is to undertake a long, intense journey that pushes us to see the world through different eyes. Singer and documentary producer Malka Marom’s debut sets us down in Israel in ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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