Quintuple winner of the Arthur Ellis Award Norah McClintock profiles a teen struggling and failing to regain normalcy after incarcera-tion for burglary and assault in "Dooley Takes the Fall" (Red Deer Press, 978-0-88995-403-8). Dooley is... Read More

When Johnny Cash died in 2003, he left a gaping hole not only in the fabric of country music but also in the crazy quilt of American popular culture. The Man in Black, guitar slung over his shoulder like a gunfighter striding into town... Read More

What kind of food will people eat in the future? Will it be healthful? Will there be enough? Who should be growing the food, and where should it be grown? Is there any difference in the food quality and environmental effects of family... Read More

In a plot that could have been drawn from recent headlines eleven-year-old Ignacio Narvaez’s family is ripped apart through an escalading series of disastrous events. Ignacio’s father seeking a better future for the family sneaks... Read More

Feza Aazmi gives us a powerful plea for peace not among nations, but between the two leading religions of our day: Christianity and Islam. In this book-length poem he predicts that failure to learn to tolerate each other rather than do... Read More

A luscious watermelon slice on a blue-green background forms the hard-to-resist cover of "One Watermelon Seed". Once enticed inside, the reader will discover a brightly colored celebration of both gardening and counting. Max and... Read More

Sleepless and in the grip of a serious illness for seven days, Helen D. Noel experienced “hell on earth” and lived to write the book she felt called by God to write. Combining faith, family lore, and service to God, church, and... Read More

It is always a pleasure to read a writer’s debut novel and Rebecca T. Urrutia’s "Past Becomes Present" is no exception. A love story with a science-fiction slant "Past Becomes Present" is entertaining regardless of clichéd phrases... Read More