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40 Days and 40 Hikes: Loving the Bruce Trail One Loop at a Time by Nicola Ross

March 11, 2025 by Susan Wismer

This book gives hikers concise one-page summaries of each loop, including maps, technical information about trail requirements, entrances and exits, interesting plants and animals to look for along the way. The accompanying text offers a well-researched recounting of the history, present circumstances and possible futures of the snake spine of land that rises through South-Central Ontario and is the Niagara Escarpment and of the Bruce Trail that follows it.

One Book, Two Reviews: Johnny Delivers by Wayne Ng

December 14, 2024November 24, 2024 by Carrie Stanton and Ian Colford

Johnny Delivers by Wayne Ng is a top read of this year for me … Family tensions dominate the action in Wayne’s Ng’s pulsating novel, Johnny Delivers.

The Diapause by Andrew Forbes

October 1, 2024October 1, 2024 by Michael Bryson

If “diapause” is not a word you are familiar with, you should probably look it up before approaching Andrew Forbes’ new novel of the near future.

A green collage style cover with a camouflaged house. The title is in beige text in the bottom left.

Rubble Children by Aaron Kreuter

March 1, 2025August 10, 2024 by Jeff Dupuis

Rubble Children is an important book given the current climate, it’s Kreuter’s characterization and storytelling abilities that make it a must-read.

A teal cover with an overhead image of various comfort foods and drinks. The title is in white text over the image.

Heydays at The June Motel by Freddy Laliberté and Evan Bauch with Katie Laliberté and Emma Baulch

August 5, 2024 by Michael Bryson

If you think summer is the perfect time for cocktails and zesty snacks, you may be the target audience for the latest brand extension of The June Motel Empire.

A head-on dark image of the front of a Toronto streetcar. Just in front of the streetcar is a dark male figure in a blue suit and hat. The title text is pale yellow and fills most of the page.

The Road to Heaven: A Patrick Bird Mystery by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson

July 18, 2024July 18, 2024 by Sarah Butland

A fantastic look at a private investigator life. Filled with mishaps and mayhem, this road to heaven is certainly littered with good intentions, and creative inventions of stories, history, and glimpses of character.

A vintage looking image of a baseball in the foregrount. The title is written on the baseball. In the background is a distant baseball field and crowd.

McCurdle’s Arm by Andrew Forbes

March 1, 2025July 16, 2024 by Jeff Dupuis

McCurdle’s Arm by Andrew Forbes is a welcomed addition to a strong and robust baseball literary tradition

Discipline N.V. by Concetta Principe

July 31, 2023 by Bryn Robinson

Discipline n. v. is a lyric memoir that fuses poetry and academic theory, speaking to the metaphorical power of humanities scholarship.

Tumblehome: One Woman’s Canoeing Adventures in the Divine Near Wilderness, by Brenda Missen

January 30, 2023 by Lisa Timpf

Missen’s descriptions of her wilderness experiences are authentic and sometimes even poetic . . . She also evokes a strong sense of mood and place.

A Conspiracy of Chickens, A memoir by David Waltner-Toews

May 24, 2024November 14, 2022 by Mala Rai

Funny, wise and thought-provoking, A Conspiracy of Chickens is a book that takes chickens seriously and asks the reader to do the same.

Secrets of the Sprakkar by Eliza Reid

March 14, 2022 by Mala Rai

The Canadian first lady of Iceland pens a book about why this tiny nation is leading the charge in gender equality, in the vein of The Moment of Lift.

Watermark by Jennifer Farquhar

May 28, 2024June 24, 2018 by James M. Fisher

[dropcap]When[/dropcap] I was a young lad, my parents owned a cottage that fronted on a small lake in South Eastern Ontario. While I swam in the water by day, I never ventured near the shore at night. That was when all kinds of things came forth out of the depths to languish on the shore …