Walsh isn’t afraid to get down in the dirt in “These are not the potatoes of my youth”
These are not the potatoes of my youth Matthew Walsh, 92 pgs, Goose Lane Editions, gooselane.com, $19.95 Etched in white […]
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“On the Count of None” blurs the lines between message and tone
On the Count of None Allison Chrisholm, 68 pgs, A Feed Dog Book, anvilpress.com, $18 Surreal and succinct, Kingston poet […]
“It Begins with the Body” invites you to laugh, get angry, feel empowered, and manage everyday difficulties with blunt irony
It Begins with the Body Hana Shafi, 102 pgs, Book*hug, bookhugpress.ca, $18 With punchy humour and comic inspired sketches, Shafi […]
“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 […]
“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 […]