"Toronto Reads" is a column reviewing books by Torontonians, about Toronto, taking place in Toronto, or related to Canada's largest, most diverse city. It appears in the Streeter online community news publications (formerly Town Crier community newspapers). Selected reviews:
FEBRUARY 2021
• The Smallest Objective Sharon Kirsch
OCTOBER 2018
• Difficult People Catriona Wright
NOVEMBER 2017
• No Time to Bury Them Mark C. Eddy
JANUARY 2017
• The Girl in a Coma John Moss
SEPTEMBER 2016
• Take Us to Your Chief Drew Hayden Taylor
OCTOBER 2014
• The Mousehouse Years Velvet Haney
APRIL 2013
• The Hungry Ghosts Shyam Selvadurai
DECEMBER 2012
• Writing Gordon Lightfoot Dave Bidini
JULY 2012
• Giant Aga Maksimowska
JUNE 2012
• The Green Man Michael Bedard
MAY 2012
• Best Girl Sylvia Maultash Warsh
JANUARY 2012
• The Lightning Field Heather Jessup
NOVEMBER 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
• Cut to the Quick Joan Boswell
• Factory Girl Barbara Greenwood
• The Deserter's Tale Joshua Key
FEBRUARY 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
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
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Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs
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