Shag Carpet Action

Matthew Firth excels at writing arresting opening sentences. “Action,” the first story in the Ottawa writer’s fourth collection, begins with a description of Tatiana, a suburban housewife who “masturbates with an action figure – a ... Read More »

January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Distrust that Particular Flavor

By William Gibson

Best-selling author William Gibson’s first book of non-fiction is a career-spanning collection of essays, reviews, and other short pieces. The author, who is not exactly known for his non-fiction, admits to some ambivalence in the ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch

By Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson

Unlike biographies of Canadian authors or visual artists, those dealing seriously, in a non-showbiz way, with Canadian theatre personalities are actually quite rare. In A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch, ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Whose Streets? The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest

By Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth, eds.

The controversial G20 economic summit in Toronto has been the subject of countless articles, media stories, documentary films, works of art, and now, a book of essays. Editors Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth focus on ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism’s Grey Zone

By Michelle Shephard

Michelle Shephard’s narrative about the decade she has dedicated to reporting on terrorism begins with Hunter S. Thompson’s famous line, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” It’s a good choice, especially as ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Facing the Hunter: Reflections on a Misunderstood Pursuit

By David Adams Richards

More than a decade after Lines on the Water, his 1998 Governor General’s Literary Award–winning non-fiction book about fishing on the Miramichi River, David Adams Richards returns to the Northern New Brunswick of his youth, ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Diplomacy in the Digital Age: Essays in Honour of Ambassador Allan Gotlieb

By Janice Gross Stein, ed.

As Canada’s ambassador to the United States from 1981–89, Allan Gotlieb developed a new strategy to accommodate the diffuse power system in Washington. Gotlieb distinguished himself by transforming the Canadian embassy into a networking hub, ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art

By Joshua Knelman

In Hot Art, which expands on an essay that originally appeared in The Walrus, journalist Joshua Knelman takes an in-depth look at the big business of art theft. His method is straightforward: interviewing investigators and ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Butterfly Winter

By W.P. Kinsella

In 1997, beloved Western Canadian novelist and short-story writer W.P. Kinsella suffered head trauma when he was struck by a car, an accident that seemed to put an end to his writing career. As if ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

★ King: William Lyon Mackenzie King, A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny

By Allan Levine

William Lyon Mackenzie King was arguably Canada’s greatest prime minister; he was also probably the least likeable. In King, author and historian Allan Levine proves you don’t have to be adored by your countrymen to ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

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