Reviews

Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968–2000

John English was given a tremendous opportunity, but one that came loaded with risk, when he was invited by the executor and family of Pierre Elliott Trudeau to write the former prime minister’s biography, for ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Frank McKenna: Beyond Politics

By Harvey Sawler

A frequent criticism of political journalists is that they get too close to the people they are covering. On the other hand, biographers are sometimes seen by their subjects as having betrayed their trust (think ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

What Is Stephen Harper Reading? Yann Martel’s Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes

By Yann Martel

What Is Stephen Harper Reading? takes its name from Booker Prize-winning novelist Yann Martel’s project of sending Prime Minister Stephen Harper a different book every two weeks along with a letter of explication. Martel has ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Joan & Goodridge: My Life with Goodridge Roberts

By Joan Roberts

The fact that the name Alan Jarvis now rings few bells in Canada is one reason that Bringing Art to Life, a stylish and beautifully researched biography by Andrew Horrall, is so important. Jarvis – ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis

By Andrew Horrall

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Fresh Canadian Bistro

By Craig Flinn

There has long been a shortage of cookbooks that anthologize the recipes of Canadian chefs. Deserving and talented candidates of all ages and from across Canada draw international plaudits, yet to date, most publishers have ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Canada’s Game: Hockey and Identity

By Andrew C. Holman, ed.

The story of The Great One’s sale to the Los Angeles Kings from the Edmonton Oilers in August 1988 is a variation of the myth of the fast-talking American swindling the hapless Canadian out of ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Gretzky’s Tears: Hockey, Canada,and the Day Everything Changed

By Stephen Brunt

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map

By Cleo Paskal

As climate change increasingly becomes part of our everyday concerns, a need has emerged for international experts to help make sense of its potential consequences. In Global Warring, journalist Cleo Paskal does exactly that. Unlike ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Chief Factor’s Daughter

By Vanessa Winn

Vanessa Winn’s first novel is a well-researched story based on factual accounts of people living in colonial Victoria, B.C. Winn’s specific focus is on the lives of women in Fort Victoria, and how they were ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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