BOOK REVIEWS

The Birthing Tree

Invoking deep histories of hardship and inherited family legacies, Amanda Peters’s sophomore novel is at home in the postmodern literary tradition of the East Coast. Less gothic-adjacent than some regional stories, The Birthing Tree elicits ... Read More »

August 26, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Indigenous Peoples, Reviews

★ My Neighborhood

By Delano Brown and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (ill.)

There is a unique language to every neighbourhood and My Neighborhood, written by Delano Brown and illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu, perfectly captures the nature of one community. An unnamed boy is picked up from ... Read More »

August 19, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ I Am Indigenous

By Anne Tenning

I Am Indigenous, written by Anne Tenning, a member of the Stz’uminus First Nation, and illustrated by 13 Indigenous artists from across what is now called North America, celebrates the diversity of Indigenous identities both ... Read More »

August 12, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Tuutarjuk: The Spirit of String Figures

By Louise Flaherty and Neil Christopher; Kagan McLeod (ill.)

Nyla and Sima’s family, like many Inuit families, is spending the winter in outpost camps. For Nyla and Sima, the days indoors are long, and they pass the time by playing string games. The two ... Read More »

August 5, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ The Art of Looking Back: A Painter, an Obsession, and Reclaiming the Gaze

By Theresa Kishkan

Poet and essayist Theresa Kishkan was just 23 when she met painter Jack Wilkinson at an art opening on Vancouver Island. Wilkinson, who was the same age as her father, became enchanted by her. “Was ... Read More »

July 29, 2026 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Whenever You Are

By Martine Leavitt

Whenever You Are, the new novel from prize-winning Alberta writer Martine Leavitt, is rooted in a compelling premise: 17-year-old Clemence, an aspiring poet, is nearing the end of his incarceration at “Training School,” a youth ... Read More »

July 29, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

See-Me Street: My Homeless Indigenous Journey

By DerRic Starlight

In DerRic Starlight’s memoir, the Gemini Award–winning puppeteer and comedian is our guide to a world few would choose to enter by choice: life on the streets of Calgary, Edmonton, and Lethbridge. See-Me Street: My ... Read More »

July 22, 2026 | Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Have You Ever Seen a Ghost?

By Daniel Kwan and Julia Pott; Sean Lewis (ill.)

A shy, invisible ghost is truly seen and appreciated in this interactive picture book co-written by Academy Award–winning American filmmaker Daniel Kwan and Emmy Award–nominated British animator Julia Pott, and illustrated by Toronto artist Sean ... Read More »

July 22, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Library of Brothel

By Anakana Schofield

In 1941, the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges published a story called “The Library of Babel” about an infinite and eternal library containing everything ever written, or that ever will be written, in every language ... Read More »

July 8, 2026 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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