The Box

Each of the 10 stories in George Bowering’s latest collection is prefaced by a photograph. The photos bear some relation to the accompanying stories, but serve more to pique the reader’s interest than to illustrate ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Last Woman

By John Bemrose

There are several reasons why a book can be considered a good read. The main one, of course, is simply that the writer has a way with words. And make no mistake, John Bemrose, an ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman

By Sheema Khan

In 2002, The Globe and Mail asked columnist Sheema Khan to share her personal insights on Islam and Muslim life in the wake of 9/11. Of Hockey and Hijab, a compilation of these essays, is ... Read More »

December 14, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

The Moon of Letting Go

By Richard Van Camp

Richard Van Camp’s newest collection of short stories is in many ways a natural progression from his prior works. Again drawing on his Dogrib Nation background, he seamlessly blends the beauty, violence, and pride of ... Read More »

December 14, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

★ postcard and other stories

By Anik See

Those who complain about the sclerotic and uninspiring nature of CanLit are usually directing their ire toward novels and novelists: it is rare to hear such complaints levelled at short-story collections. This is because, along ... Read More »

November 30, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Migration Songs

By Anna Quon

The title of Anna Quon’s debut novel doesn’t accurately convey its spirit. One might expect a slow, pastoral narrative with lots of nature metaphors, but this is nothing of the sort. Though the novel is ... Read More »

November 30, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Daniel O’Thunder

By Ian Weir

To a certain literary sensibility, the phrase “historical novel” has become shorthand for pretty much everything that is wrong with contemporary “literary” fiction. We’ve come to expect these books to be long-winded, conventional morality tales ... Read More »

November 23, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Love in Infant Monkeys

By Lydia Millet

Stories involving animals can often be a mixed blessing. At their worst, like the manipulative treacle of Marley & Me, such tales use animals as a contrivance through which human characters may better themselves. A ... Read More »

November 16, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Because I Have Loved and Hidden It

By Elise Moser

Elise Moser’s first novel calls to mind the phrase “a can of worms,” in particular its associations with sordidness and tangled knots. The life of Moser’s protagonist, Julia, has lately come to resemble such a ... Read More »

November 2, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World

By Wade Davis

For many years and over many continents, anthropologist Wade Davis has chronicled the lives, languages, and customs of the globe’s last remaining aboriginal peoples. The outlook is bleak on all counts. Of the approximately 7,000 ... Read More »

October 26, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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