Gutter Child by Jael Richardson
Jael Richardson’s debut novel, Gutter Child (2021, HarperCollins Canada)* is a forceful one that shines a spotlight on racism, colonization and the struggle to get out from under an imposed debt that only death will bring freedom from. It is … Continue reading
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard
The Hermit of Africville by Jon Tattrie (New Edition)
Pearleen Oliver: Canada’s Black Crusader for Civil Rights, Edited by Ronald Caplan
As the Black Lives Matter movement advances, there have been many, many new books released focussing on the history of slavery, segregation and outright racism that existed and still exists in Canada. This is particularly true in Atlantic Canada where … Continue reading
The Talking Drum by Lisa Braxton
Afraid of the Dark by Guyleigh Johnson
Finding Fortune: Documenting and Imagining the Life of Rose Fortune (1774-1864) by Brenda J. Thompson
The Lost Sister by Andrea Gunraj
Exile Blues by Douglas Gary Freeman
Black Cop: My 36 years in police work, and my career ending experiences with official racism by Calvin Lawrence, With Miles Howe
The title and subtitle pretty much sum up what this book is about: being black and facing systemic racism in two police organizations in a 36-year career. Calvin Lawrence was born in 1949 in Yarmouth and raised in Halifax. His … Continue reading
Daughters of Silence by Rebecca Fisseha
Rebecca Fisseha’s debut novel Daughters of Silence was recently featured on CBC Books’ 34 Works of Canadian Fiction to Watch for this Fall, which is no small feat, particularly for a first novel. (Incidentally, her publisher, New Brunswick’s Goose Lane … Continue reading
Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta (Guest Post)
Note: For the past three summers, Naomi of the Consumed by Ink book review blog and I have been swapping a book review. This year I reviewed The Afrikaner by Arianna Dagnino for her site, and she has written a … Continue reading
Precept by Matthew de Lacey Davidson
Self-published Nova Scotian author Matthew de Lacy Davidson has released his first novel Precept, and it is firmly in the historical fiction genre. I particularly enjoy these types of novels, for one learns something, if not of the actual … Continue reading