YOU BELONG IN THE CITY

For Rust Is a Form of Fire (Guernica Editions), Toronto Star columnist Joe Fiorito creates a snapshot of a downtown intersection by observing 18 hours at Victoria and Queen streets. • Former Gastown cop Wayne Cope shares highlights from his 30-plus years on the force in Vancouver Blue (Harbour Publishing), including the infamous 1992 killing of the Stanley Park zoo flamingoes.

TABLE FOR ONE

Any woman who has journeyed alone knows the experience can be exhilarating, but occasionally lonely and even dangerous. In This Place a Stranger: Canadian Women Travelling Alone (Caitlin Press) editor Vici Johnstone looks beyond the hostel beds and Eurail passes for personal stories from solo voyagers like Yvonne Bloomer, Waaseyaa’sin Christine Sy, and Karen Lee.