BOOK REVIEWS

Last Call for Canada: Sovereign Nation or Vassal State

It’s no understatement to observe that Canadians are enduring an anxious era, with threats of military invasion emanating from the U.S. ambassador, American officials openly meeting with Alberta separatist organizers, and U.S. President Donald Trump ... Read More »

June 24, 2026 | Filed under: History, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews, Social Sciences

Let Me Be Honest: 28 Young Artists on Surviving an Uncertain World

By Michaela Allen and P. Anneka Lynch (eds.)

Let Me Be Honest: 28 Young Artists on Surviving an Uncertain World is a compelling anthology of poetry, interviews, prose, art, and expression from Toronto’s youth. Gathered over the course of five years, “the Neighbourhood ... Read More »

June 24, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

She Was the Story Girl: How L. M. Montgomery Learned to Never Give Up!

By Joann Hamilton-Barry and Leah Boudreau (ill.)

About 150 years ago, joyful moments for a clever girl in rural P.E.I. included playing with barn cats, roaming the orchard, picking berries, reading books, and, especially, telling stories. She Was the Story Girl: How ... Read More »

June 17, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Things I Learned From My Dog

By Victor D.O. Santos and Dena Seiferling (ill.)

You never forget the day you welcome a furry family member into your heart and into your home. In Things I Learned From My Dog, Brazilian-American author Victor D.O. Santos and Canadian illustrator Dena Seiferling ... Read More »

June 10, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Lost Season: A Memoir of Infertility, Motherhood, and the Worry and Work Demanded of Women

By Stacey May Fowles

These days, the term “liminality” is used to describe just about any place or thing that gives a sense of ambiguity or unease, but when folklorist Arnold van Gennep first coined it back in 1909, ... Read More »

June 3, 2026 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Fast Break

By Anjali Joshi

Fast Break by Anjali Joshi follows Arjun, the new kid at school, who finds himself on a path of activism when he speaks out against OmniBoost, a high-sugar energy drink that sponsors the school and ... Read More »

June 3, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

I Sure Do

By Charles Demers and Dorothy Leung (ill.)

Some books for babies have plots, some teach concepts, and others exist solely to express how much caregivers love their little ones. Vancouver-based comedian Charles Demers’s picture book debut, I Sure Do, is a poetic, original ... Read More »

May 27, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Tales of the Mountains and the Sea

By Dania Idriss

Dania Idriss’s Tales of the Mountains and the Sea is a cross-genre debut collection in which characters’ lives, beliefs, and actions are interwoven with Middle Eastern folklore and superstition. In five stories set in Lebanon ... Read More »

May 20, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

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