“Yellow Yellow” is a storybook for curious kids, and a picture book for comic-fanatical adults
Yellow Yellow Frank Asch & Mark Alan Stamaty, 48 pgs, Enfant, drawnandquarterly.com, $17.95 Children’s writer Frank Asch and acclaimed cartoonist […]
Book Reviews
“Vibrant Mood Swings” is an eccentric take on the inner workings of the author’s own mind
Vibrant Mood Swings Scott Lewis, 50 pgs, Serious Ink Press, seriousinkpress.com, $24.99 If you don’t read this book’s summary before […]
“Leaving Richard’s Valley” offers models of friendship, collective action, and meaning making
Leaving Richard’s Valley Michael Deforge, 479 pgs, Koyama Press, koyamapress.com, $39.95 The world of comics has evolved far beyond the […]
“I Threw a Brick Through a Window” is a book of literal magic
I Threw a Brick Through a Window Bruce Ray, 102 pgs, Boxer Press, boxerpress.com, $20 I Threw a Brick Through […]
Welcome to the world of Nick Maandag in “The Follies of Richard Wadsworth”
The Follies of Richard Wadsworth Nick Maandag, 152 pgs, Drawn and Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $24.95 Ribald humour, surreal levels of despair, […]
“Awesome Possum Vol. 4” provides an educational experience about these adorably scary marsupials
Awesome Possum Vol. 4 Angela Boyle, 220 pgs, Flying Dodo Publications, flyingdodopublications.com, $25 It is a known fact that […]
“A Grander Vision, My Life in the Labour Movement” promotes the need for meaningful change through social movement
A Grander Vision, My Life in the Labour Movement Sid Ryan, 310 pgs, Dundurn Press, dundurn.com, $24.99 The central contention […]
Say goodbye to West End Toronto’s distinct green and brown themed mall in this documemoir
Galleria: The Mall That Time Forgot Shari Kasman, 160 pgs, Salted Pepper Projects, saltedpepperprojects.com, $45 I’d always only known the […]
Cynthia Cruz’s writing echoes that of mad studies scholars in her critique of fixed narratives in “Disquieting”
Disquieting: Essays on Silence Cynthia Cruz, 184 pgs, Book*hug, bookhugpress.ca, $20 Brooklyn-based poet and essayist Cynthia Cruz unpacks the inarticulable […]
“This Keeps Happening” will leave you laughing, cringing, and page-turning
This Keeps Happening H.B. Hogan, 144 pgs, Invisible Publishing, invisiblepublishing.com, $17.95 This debut collection of short stories features an impressively […]
This short story collection is a dry-witted, often tender-hearted addition to the coming of age genre
Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country & Other Stories Chavisa Woods, 224 pgs, Seven Stories Press, $29 […]
This typical hardboiled detective novel will have you chuckling, scratching your head, and asking for more
The Second Detective Shannon Mullally, 95 pgs, Anvil Press, anvilpress.com, $16 If you’re one to judge books by their covers, […]