Book Reviews
- After River by Donna Milner
- Hiring an American draft dodger to help out on the farm has long-lasting effects for a close-knit British Columbia family. Updated 14 May 2008.
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert want to adopt an orphan boy to help around the farm but a talkative young girl with an active imagination is sent instead. Updated 02 August 2008.
- Atonement by Gaétan Soucy
- Twenty years ago, Louis Bapaume was chased out of the tiny village of Saint-Aldor. Now he's returned to make amends but the weather and a missing girl are making things complicated. Updated 14 June 2008.
- Bang by Norah McClintock
- Q and J.D. went on a bike ride and got themselves into some trouble with a man they had met the day before. This resulted in Q getting caught for what happened. Updated 14 June 2008.
- Bear by Marian Engel
- A summer assignment to a remote island gives a woman the chance to escape the job and the life she's beginning to hate. Updated 14 June 2008.
- Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography by Marshall Saunders
- The true story of an abused dog which became an international bestseller and was the first Canadian book to sell over a million copies. Updated 14 June 2008.
- Big Why, The by Michael Winter
- In 1914, American artist Rockwell Kent moved to Brigus, Newfoundland. A year later, he was deported. This may have been what happened in between. Updated 14 June 2008.
- Bird in the House, A by Margaret Laurence
- Eight connected short stories, featuring Vanessa MacLeod and set in Manawaka, Manitoba. Updated 29 June 2008.
- Boy Must Die, The by Jon Redfern
- A teenager is found hanging in the basement of a house in Lethbridge and Billy Yamamoto is asked to help determine if it was suicide or murder. Updated 19 August 2008.
- Boy in the Burning House, The by Tim Wynne-Jones
- A strange girl claims to know the truth about the disappearance of Jim Hawkins's father. Updated 16 August 2008.
- Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
- A young woman tries to come to terms with her past. Updated 01 August 2008.
- Curse of the Shaman, The by Michael Kusugak
- Instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage for his daughter, a short-tempered shaman cursed young Wolverine, much to the delight of the shaman's grumpy animal spirit. Updated 26 May 2008.
- Deafening by Frances Itani
- The story of a deaf woman and her hearing husband during World War I. Updated 12 June 2008.
- Devil Is Loose, The by Antonine Maillet
- A young Acadian woman takes on a powerful rum-runner. Updated 30 June 2008.
- Galveston by Paul Quarrington
- A group of people gather on an island to await a hurricane. Updated 12 June 2008.
- Good House, A by Bonnie Burnard
- Nearly five decades in the lives of the Chambers family. Updated 15 June 2008.
- Horseman's Graves, The by Jacqueline Baker
- German immigrants struggle to survive in the dusty farmland of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. Updated 01 August 2008.
- How to Be a Canadian by Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson
- Advice for new (and old) Canadians. Updated 02 August 2008.
- Icefields by Thomas Wharton
- On a climbing expedition in 1898, Dr. Ned Byrne slipped into a crevasse in the Arcturus Glacier. What he saw while he waited for rescue would haunt him for the next 25 years. Updated 09 April 2008.
- Indigenous Beasts by Nathan Sellyn
- Collection of fourteen short stories. Updated 31 July 2008.
- Inside Out Girl by Tish Cohen
- An overprotective mother meets a widowed father and his unusual daughter. Updated 07 September 2008.
- Invisible Armies by Jon Evans
- Danielle Leaf is in India, studying yoga at an ashram, when a friend asks her to deliver a passport to a woman in a remote area of the country. She agrees but the errand goes horribly wrong when she's stopped and framed for drug possession. Updated 14 June 2008.
- Joining of Dingo Radish, The by Rob Harasymchuk
- Dingonaslav Marion Radashonovich, better known as Dingo Radish, lives in Bennington Falls, Saskatchewan. His parents were killed when he was eighteen and since then, he's been responsible for his promiscuous sister, Marty, and his mentally handicapped brother, Pitch. Dingo works at the local farm supply depot/feed mill. He's also a thief. Updated 14 June 2008.
- Killing Circle, The by Andrew Pyper
- Patrick's son has been kidnapped and he's pretty sure he knows who is responsible. Updated 31 July 2008.
- Killing Spring, A by Gail Bowen
- The head of the School of Journalism at Joanne Kilbourn's university is found dead in a scandalous position. Meanwhile, one of Joanne's students is missing and her friend Jill is not acting like herself. The fifth book in the series. Updated 24 May 2008.
- King Leary by Paul Quarrington
- Percival "King" Leary, former hockey superstar, has accepted an offer to appear in a television ad for ginger ale. So he's off to Toronto with his roommate, a nurse from the South Grouse Nursing Home, and his memories. Updated 01 August 2008.
- Last Chance by Norah McClintock
- Robyn's plans for a relaxing summer are abruptly changed when she is forced to volunteer at a local animal shelter. Updated 09 May 2008.
- Line Painter, The by Claire Cameron
- A woman's car breaks down in the middle of the night in northern Ontario and she is offered a ride by a man who is painting lines on the road. Updated 31 July 2008.
- Lost Garden, The by Helen Humphreys
- During WWII, a horticulturalist discovers a mysterious garden while working at a country estate. Updated 14 June 2008.
- Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
- Two boys set out on a canoe trip in the Canadian Arctic. Updated 14 June 2008.
- Luck by Joan Barfoot
- Nora wakes up one morning to find her husband, Philip, dead beside her. Over the next few days, the artist and the other members of her household try to come to terms with their loss and each other. Updated 21 April 2008.
- Marked by Norah McClintock
- Colin gets a summer job cleaning up graffiti in the neighbourhood but strange marks keep appearing where he cleans. Updated 11 September 2008.
- Mob, The by Clem Martini
- The annual gathering of a flock of crows is disturbed by unexpected events. Book one of Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles. Updated 17 August 2008.
- Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis
- Seven connected short stories, semi-autobiographical. Updated 07 September 2008.
- Other Side of the Bridge, The by Mary Lawson
- Arthur Dunn and Ian Christopherson live in a small community in Northern Ontario and their lives intertwine when Ian asks for a job on Arthur's farm. Updated 02 August 2008.
- Out of the Cold by Norah McClintock
- The fourth book in the Robyn Hunter series. Updated 17 July 2008.
- Saving Jasey by Diane Tullson
- An unhappy home life pushes Gavin to spend most of his time at his best friend Trist's house. Trist's sister Jasey may also be part of the appeal but she hasn't been acting like herself lately. Updated 15 March 2008.
- Sealed Letter, The by Emma Donoghue
- In 1864, a divorce trial scandalized England. Based on a true story. Updated 19 August 2008.
- Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume I: 1889-1910 by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Personal journal entries, covering Montgomery's life from age 14 to 36. Updated 30 June 2008.
- Shadow of Doubt by Norah McClintock
- The fifth book in the Robyn Hunter series. Updated 31 July 2008.
- Sign of the Cross by Anne Emery
- A young woman has been murdered and all of the evidence points to Father Brennan Burke. Updated 16 April 2008.
- Sointula by Bill Gaston
- A woman sets out in a stolen kayak to find her estranged son with an incompetent travel writer as her companion. Updated 13 May 2008.
- South of an Unnamed Creek by Anne Cameron
- Six women make their way to Dawson at the height of the Klondike gold rush. Updated 18 March 2008.
- Spider's Song by Anita Daher
- AJ, stuck in Yellowknife with her grandmother, meets a man from her mother's past. Updated 04 June 2008.
- Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
- Xavier Bird and Elijah Whiskeyjack left Northern Ontario to serve in World War I. Now only one of them has returned to make the journey home. Updated 14 June 2008.
