"Toronto Reads" is a monthly book review column that appears in the
Town Crier publications, a chain of community
newspapers and magazines that reach 250,000 homes in Toronto and Vaughan, Ontario.
Eric is editor-in-chief of the publications and also reviews books by Torontonians, about
Toronto, taking place in Toronto, or otherwise related to Canada's largest, most diverse city.
December 2011
• The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje
August 2011
• Reluctant Dead John Moss
July 2011
• Hanlan's Point Jake Babad
March 2011
• Defiant Spirits Ross King
February 2011
• By Love Possessed Lorna Goodison
• The Little Book of Rob Ford Anonymous
January 2011
• Deadly Mementos Leslie Bendaly
July 2010
• Ile D'Or Mary Lou Dickinson
• Blind Luck Scott Carter
June 2010
• The Queen of Unforgetting Sylvia Maultash Warsh
May 2010
• In a Pale Blue Light Lily Poritz Miller
March 2010
• Ciao Bella Gina Buonaguro and Janice Kirk
December 2009
• Cut to the Chase Joan Boswell
• Where We Have to Go Lauren Kirshner
• Finn the Half-Great Theo Caldwell
January 2009
• Toronto Noir ed. Janine Armin, Nathaniel G. Moore
•
Murder in A-major Morley Torgov
• Still Waters John Moss
March 2008
• Finding Home Eric Wright
• Out of Line: Growing Up Soviet Tina Grimberg
• Starring Brian Linehan George Anthony
December 2007
• Coureurs De Bois Bruce MacDonald
• King John of Canada Scott Gardiner
September 2007
• The Girls Who Saw Everything Sean Dixon
• Pink Icing and Other Stories Pamela Mordecai
• Real Canadian Pirates Geordie Telfer
July 2007
• Greener Than Eden Michael Kohn
• A Certain Respect for Tradition Mark Miller
September 2006
• Consolation Michael Redhill
• Moral Disorder Margaret Atwood
August 2006
• The Uninvited Guest John Degen
• Strange Ghosts Darren Greer
• The Canadian UFO Report Chris Rutkowski, Geoff Dittman
July 2006
• Season of Iron Sylvia Maultash Warsh
June 2006
• The City Man Howard Akler
May 2006
• The Shape I Gave You Margaret Baillie
April 2006
• The Unexpected and Fictional Career Change of Jim Kearns
David Munroe