Category: Non-fiction.

Book Review: Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart

Book Review: Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart

At first glance, Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart may seem like a book appealing to only academics. It’s a book of essays, a notoriously challenging genre that rarely hits the bestseller list unless it’s written by a celebrity or David Sedaris, but...
Book Review: On Class by Deborah Dundas

Book Review: On Class by Deborah Dundas

If you’ve ever wished yourself out of a conversation at a social event, try bringing up the colorful subject of personal wealth – and watch people disperse immediately! On Class by Deborah Dundas is the seventh in the Biblioasis Field Notes series. In this...
Book Review: Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

Book Review: Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

Quickly becoming one of my ‘must read everything authors’, Samantha Irby has released a new book of essays just in time for the start of my summer reading. Quietly Hostile looks like her other books; a bright cover with a random animal on the front, and it...
Book Review: The Boy and the Mountain by Torbjørn Ekelund

Book Review: The Boy and the Mountain by Torbjørn Ekelund

In honour of Father’s Day this month, I’m reading and reviewing books that feature father figures for my upcoming radio segment. The Boy and the Mountain; A Father, His Son, and a Journey of Discovery by Torbjørn Ekelund and translated by Becky L. Crook...
Book Review: Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright

Book Review: Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright

As I was perusing a publisher catalogue a few months ago, a non-fiction book caught my eye: Madame Restell, The Life, Death and Resurrection of Old New York’s Most Fabulous, Fearless and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright. Why did this particular work...