This book reads like memory itself, a mixture of obviously key moments and seemingly innocuous ones that take on meaning later. With Every Minute is a Suicide, Bruce McDougall... Read More

Heer has a knack for making anything interesting, which might be the best praise a writer can garner. Jeet Heer displays the leisurely wit and wisdom of a polymath, writing... Read More

With smartly arranged variety, this is a worthy introduction to Wilkinson’s work. The Essential Anne Wilkinson is an elegant volume featuring Ingrid Ruthig’s selections of... Read More

Beautiful engravings capture the long life of a music legend. The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook, by Toronto-based artist George A. Walker, delivers exactly what the title... Read More

Bitter Lake is an accomplished work on silence: what happens when families ignore a tragic moment. A melancholic debut by Marika Deliyannides, Bitter Lake explores one woman’s... Read More

The raw honesty and power of sixteenth century poet shines through in Zwicky’s translations. Jan Zwicky presents her translations of ten sonnets from Vittoria Colonna’s Rime... Read More

The Seasons, with careful descriptions of natural details, ably reminds us that enchantment can be found in ordinary hours. Bruce Meyer, poet laureate of the city of Barrie,... Read More

Deftly organized for maximum enjoyment and insight, this memoir brings to life important times in Jewish Canadian history. Bob Bossin’s memoir about his father, Davy the Punk,... Read More

Amid the chaos of drugs and jazz, Lewis finds insight into the way we recall the past. “How hard to write about this, to sort out the memories. To make decisions about how... Read More

Grant’s experience tells the story of how Canada entered the age of modern media. In Changing Channels: Confessions of a Canadian Communications Lawyer, Peter S. Grant takes... Read More

Woodcuts of Conrad Black’s life probe past the simple facts to deeper impressions that flow clearly and inexorably from one to the next. Conrad Black is a difficult man to... Read More

Using humor, sarcasm, allegory, metaphor—and a little time travel—Guriel shows how poems succeed. The Pigheaded Soul: Essays and Reviews on Poetry and Culture offers... Read More