Mystery novel blends true crime and Holocaust narrative
“The book is the intertwining of two stories. The discovery of the crate, the murder investigation, the trial and resolution, but it’s also about my parents’ Holocaust experiences, and also mine as a second-generation child of survivors,” Deborah Vadas Levison said.
Young girl’s disappearance setting of ‘Little Green’
Susan Minuk interviews bestselling author Tish Cohen about her latest novel, Little Green.
Author’s latest work ‘steeped in the stuff of everyday life’
Bill Gladstone reviews Meira Cook’s ‘Once More With Feeling’.
Scholar traces shift in biblical encounters with God
In most books of the Bible, God frequently appears unannounced to human beings. But in the later parts, and in post-biblical Jewish literature, humans seemingly no longer expect to experience God directly.
Montefiore delivers historical thrills in trilogy’s finale
Simon Sebag Montefiore offers his countless readers a storied name, he is one of those rare authors who, with equal command, write acclaimed works of both fiction and non-fiction
Nasty bubbie is the subject of a debut graphic novel
All grandmothers are sweet little old ladies whose memory everyone cherishes, right? Not necessarily.
The nightmare scenario for Japanese-Canadians
This is what happened to Japanese-Canadians in British Columbia, beginning in the spring of 1941 with colour-coded “registration” cards to distinguish Canadian-born or naturalized Japanese-Canadians from Japanese immigrants
Author’s nasty bubbie is the subject of her debut graphic novel
All grandmothers are sweet little old ladies whose memory everyone cherishes, right? Not necessarily.
Giller winner is a convoluted Moebus strip of a novel
Michael Redhill told the Toronto Star he had only $411 in his bank when he won the Scotiabank Giller Award for his novel, Bellevue Square. Redhill is strong on sense of place and gives an excellent rendering of the ethnically and socially diverse population of Bellevue Square.
Knowing ‘the Jew’ in Merchant of Venice
Author George Elliot Clarke makes poetry come to life through his novels.
