A beautiful fable for our difficult days.
By Jules Brown
graphic novel
The collection is a masterclass in grounded storytelling.
By Esinam Beckley
At 580 pages, the book is physically unwieldy, though narratively graceful – a remarkable feat.
By Heather Leighton
At its core, Physical Education is a meditation on how the life of the mind distances us from being grounded in what’s real.
By Emily Raine
Cannon is a testament to the importance of learning to balance external demands with internal needs.
By H Felix Chau Bradley
The Mongoose recognizes grief as an exhausting, isolating, unfinishable story.
By Jules Brown
Checked Out is a richly layered romp with dynamic illustrations that capture the frenetic pace of New York City.
By Heather Leighton
The A Word is explicitly, urgently feminist, but class analysis and intersectionality factor in, too.
By Emily Raine
What does a cup of tea have to do with contemporary migration patterns?
By Jasper Sattentau
Emanuelle Dufour’s revelatory, multi-layered, multi-genre correction of colonial history.
By Ian McGillis
Tsunami is a book whose modest fame deserves to spread far beyond New Zealand.
By Ian McGillis
What would make a person interesting enough to be abducted by aliens?
By Billie Gagné-LeBel