Month: December 2022
Three Picture Books from Groundwood
Melanie Métivier reviews three new children’s picture books from Groundwood Books.
Groundhog Night: Shubenacadie Sam’s Shadow by Doretta Groenendyk
The day before Groundhog Day though is Groundhog Night, and as Sam discovers, other animals have shadows, too.
Best Non-Fiction of 2022
Here are the Best Non-Fiction Books of the year as chosen by our team of reviewers and editorial staff, selected from our numerous NF reviews posted in 2022.
Best Canadian Essays 2023, Edited by Mireille Silcoff
Selected by editor Mireille Silcoff, the 2023 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2021.
Loose Ends by Ann Elizabeth Carson
In the uncertainty of our times, Ann Elizabeth Carson’s new book, Loose Ends, with its evocative poetry and prose, manages to ground the reader in a place of reflection and appreciation for the wonders of life.
An Unrecognized Contribution: Women and Their Work in 19th-Century Toronto by Elizabeth Gillan Muir
Women’s stories are told in this wide-ranging collection of biographies, the result of Muir’s research on early street directories and city histories, personal diaries, and other historical works.
The Remembering by Susan Sinnott
The highly anticipated debut work of adult fiction from award-winning author of crossover novel Catching the Light, following three generations of Newfoundland women.
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
Penny’s masterful writing makes for smooth reading, and her knack for arousing curiosity about what comes next pulls the reader through the book.
The Sea Wins by Eric Allaby
The Sea Wins: Shipwrecks of the Bay of Fundy vividly recounts more than forty dramatic tales of the real people who faced great odds in their sailing ships, only to discover that inevitably, the sea wins.
Life Savers and Body Snatchers by Dr. Tim Cook
From Tim Cook, Canada’s top war historian, comes a definitive medical history of the Great War.
Excerpt: The Swirl In My Burl by Miriam Edelson
An excerpt from “The Swirl in My Burl” a collection of essays by Miriam Edelson
Excerpt: Writing With My Eyes: Staying Alive While Dying by Angela Parker-Brown
An excerpt from “Writing With My Eyes: Staying Alive While Dying” by Angela Parker-Brown.
