Tattycoram

When Wayne Johnston released The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, a few commentators took him to task for creating a fictional inner life for the very real Joey Smallwood and (in the opinion of some of ... Read More »

July 8, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Cul-de-sac

By Daniel MacIvor

In his latest play, Cul-de-sac, playwright and performer Daniel MacIvor hits the ground running in the shape of a character named Leonard. Leonard lives in one of the six houses neatly tucked away in a ... Read More »

July 8, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences

By Jan Zwicky

On the heels of a double Governor General’s Award nomination in 2004 (for non-fiction and poetry), Jan Zwicky gives us her sixth collection of poems. The title might lead one to expect in this book ... Read More »

July 8, 2005 | Filed under: Poetry

The Sutler

By Michael Kenyon

B.C. writer Michael Kenyon is the author of three books of fiction. The Sutler is his second collection of poems, but his first work in verse, A Rack of Lamb is a book of prose ... Read More »

July 8, 2005 | Filed under: Poetry

Were the Bees

By Andy Weaver

From traditional formal poetry to free verse, from the lyrical pieces to clever turns of phrase, from experimental verse to plainspoken frankness, there is something to satisfy all tastes in Were the Bees, the debut ... Read More »

July 8, 2005 | Filed under: Poetry

What Canadians Think About Almost Everything

By Darrell Bricker and John Wright

Someone famous – Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and Benjamin Disraeli have all have received credit – once said that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics. That’s the nagging thought many ... Read More »

July 8, 2005 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Days of Victory: Canadians Remember, 1939-1945

By Ted Barris

In contrast to the flood of titles released in 2004 to mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day, in this year of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the flood has ... Read More »

July 8, 2005 | Filed under: History

Aces, Warriors and Wingmen: Firsthand Accounts of Canada’s Fighter Pilots in the Second World War

By Wayne Ralph

Most of the surviving veterans of the Second World War are now in their eighties, making Aces, Warriors and Wingmen a timely and fitting tribute to one group of Canadians who sacrificed so much in ... Read More »

July 7, 2005 | Filed under: History

Substance Over Spectacle: Contemporary Canadian Architecture

By Andrew Gruft, ed.

Contemporary architecture is more in the public eye today than it has been in a generation. Still, between the media’s star obsession and the design field’s global enthusiasms, most Canadians would be hard pressed to ... Read More »

July 7, 2005 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Greed, Inc.: Why Corporations Rule Our World and How We Let It Happen

By Wade Rowland

Facing the brutal reality of a mean-spirited corporate downsizing after a long and successful media career, Wade Rowland didn’t just get mad, he got philosophical. What results is a happy conclusion, in that he’s produced ... Read More »

July 7, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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Tattycoram

Cul-de-sac

Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences

The Sutler

Were the Bees

What Canadians Think About Almost Everything

Days of Victory: Canadians Remember, 1939-1945

Aces, Warriors and Wingmen: Firsthand Accounts of Canada’s Fighter Pilots in the Second World War

Substance Over Spectacle: Contemporary Canadian Architecture

Greed, Inc.: Why Corporations Rule Our World and How We Let It Happen

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