February 2022 – Check it out

A Refreshing Reflection on Change

Vivek Shraya, multi-talented Canadian artist and darling, has given us another gift through her latest book,…

In the Local History Department, we are keenly aware of how fragile the historical record can…

Many years ago, I fell in love with a mouse named Despereaux. He was born small,…

Genevieve Graham is one of my favourite Canadian authors and has made a name for herself…

Let’s rewind 146 years, back to February 18, 1876. It was on this day that the…

Frying Plantain is a wonderful, complex, and stylistically taut series of interconnected short stories. These stories…

For anyone who enjoyed Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow, Still Life by Sarah Winman will…

Witch. Cailleach. Dark-hearted girl. There has always been something disturbing about Rawenna. She was born on…

Books about people who work in libraries are so hard to resist – if there is…

If you’re a fan of books that blend well-developed characters and story lines that shine a…