Foster’s Dream Life

Darlene Foster is the author of several books for children about a peripatetic twelve-year old named Amanda Ross, published by Continue reading →

James Powell

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine is not for ten-year-olds, but I tried to read an issue at that age simply because Continue reading →

Clowning Around

In the excerpt below, Inspector Bozo of Clowntown’s homicide squad mulls over the conflict between clowns and mimes, in “A Continue reading →

David Walks into a Novel

One of the best ways to understand a country is to read its literature. For that reason my reading habit Continue reading →

Oh My Canada

Twenty years ago, Antony Millen moved to New Zealand from Nova Scotia with his wife and children, where the small Continue reading →

Holy NZ!

Antony Millen’s novel, Redeeming Brother Murrihy (2013) combines The Innocent Traveller with The Heart of Darkness, sending a resentful narrator Continue reading →

Home, yet not home

A new writer for a new year. Louise Ells was studying in the UK while I was living in London. Continue reading →

Joe’s ID

Imagine believing something about yourself and your family and then having someone tell you it’s not true. This seems to Continue reading →