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Pause for Breath

In her 2007 collection of critical writings, Little Eurekas, Robyn Sarah cites the Canada Council’s definition of a collection of poetry, which states that it must contain more than 48 pages, as being detrimental to ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

By Soraya Peerbaye

In many ways, the debut collection from Toronto-based playwright and translator Soraya Peerbaye is a typical, even generic first book, built on rather serious free-verse and prose lyrics, and anecdotes focused on family history, post-colonial ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

Meniscus

By Shane Neilson

Despite the fact that Shane Neilson has been writing and publishing poetry for some time, Meniscus is his first trade book of poems. It combines previously unpublished writing with material from earlier publications, such as ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness

By Brian Payton

For whatever reason, the 19th-century exploration, predominantly by British crews and ships, of what would become the Canadian Arctic is a big part of this country’s national mythology and cultural consciousness. The official goals of ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: History

You Can’t Say That in Canada: Canada’s Most Influential Columnist Reflects on Life, Politics, and the Pursuit of Happiness

By Margaret Wente

“Lots of people tell me that they don’t always agree with what I write but like reading me anyway,” claims Margaret Wente in the introduction to her new book, which collects columns written for The ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

One on One: Favourite Conversations and the Stories Behind Them

By Peter Mansbridge

In One on One, Peter Mansbridge, one of Canada’s best-known TV journalists, collects his most illuminating, engaging, and inspiring interviews from the past 10 years with more than 30 of the world’s most prominent politicians, ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Anthologies

Beyond the Bubble: Imagining a New Canadian Economy

By James Laxer

There’s nothing like an economic crash to create a market for financially themed books that are both analytical (focusing on how and why the crash happened in the first place) and prescriptive (suggesting ways out ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

After the Falls

By Catherine Gildiner

After the Falls picks up where Catherine Gildiner’s best-selling 1999 memoir, Too Close to the Falls, leaves off, chronicling the author’s teens in suburban Buffalo, where her family moved in 1960 to start fresh after ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

A Fine Line: Scratchboard Illustrations by Scott McKowen

By Scott McKowen

There has long existed a relationship between commercial and fine art, notes Christopher Newton, artistic director of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Shaw Festival, in the introduction to this book of over 200 graphic images by illustrator Scott McKowen, ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Price of a Bargain: The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization

By Gordon Laird

It will be interesting to see if Wal-Mart carries Gordon Laird’s new book. Laird repeatedly cites the Arkansas-based super-retailer as the most prominent purveyor of bargains and one of the primary beneficiaries of our lust ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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Quill and Quire

Pause for Breath

Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Meniscus

The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness

You Can’t Say That in Canada: Canada’s Most Influential Columnist Reflects on Life, Politics, and the Pursuit of Happiness

One on One: Favourite Conversations and the Stories Behind Them

Beyond the Bubble: Imagining a New Canadian Economy

After the Falls

A Fine Line: Scratchboard Illustrations by Scott McKowen

The Price of a Bargain: The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization

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