Editor Pick: Books

This summer HBO Max broadcasted 'The Last Movie Stars,' a six-part documentary series about Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

In The Apothecary’s Garden, published by Harper Collins, Jeanette Lynes transports readers back  in time to 1860 and the exotic locale of Eastern Ontario’s Belleville on the shores of the Bay of Quinte. While the locale may be somewhat prosaic, Lynes has created something magical in this normally staid part …

'The Suspect' by Rizwann Sabir is a fascinating book detailing the extent of the UK security services' colonial and racist approach to counter terrorism.

Our Little Secret by Emily Carrington details how an assault when she was fifteen impacts her life as an adult.

In this comic book tale of a 14-year-old girl's trials and tribulations the art is rich enough to carry the story itself, which is fleshed out with sarcasm and wordplay.

'Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals' by Charlie Angus is a meticulously researched book offering a new perspective on Canadian history.

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.

'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.

'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.