Book Reviews

Anne Louise Avery's 'A Fox For All Seasons Journal' is simply a pleasure to pick up and hold in your hands. For the fox in all of us.

'Animal Stories' by Peter and Maria Hoey is an anthology of magical realism and twists that will leave the reader gasping with delight.

Readers will be captivated by the twists and turns of Rutu Modan's 'Tunnels' as it navigates an adventure with ever-reaching stakes.

'Leonard Cohen: On a Wire' from Philippe Girard and published by Drawn+Quarterly is a whirlwind tour of the life of famed singer-songwriter Cohen.

'Red Flowers' by Yoshiharu Tsuge is an early example that comics can evoke as much as any form of literature.

Mackenzie's work is as diverse as the world is strange and wonderful and 'Footsteps in the Garden' is the perfect introduction to his poetry.

'Hakim's Odyssey: Book 1 - From Syria to Turkey' by Fabien Toulme is a wonderful, humane, retelling of one man's story capturing the plight of all refugees.

Born in 1682, Benjamin Lay took up the fight against slavery generations before others would make headway in the 19th century.

'This is How I Disappear' by Mirion Malle from Drawn+Quarterly discusses burnout and coping in a way that is rarely seen in literature.

'Library' by Dumontier and Farber, is a trip through a fictional library with intriguing and beguiling titles.