The Spinster and the Prophet: Florence Deeks, H.G. Wells, and the Mystery of the Purloined Past

In 1925 Florence Deeks, a Toronto teacher and feminist, entered into a long struggle to prove that H.G. Wells – the novelist, occasional historian, and forerunner of Faith Popcorn – had, with the help of ... Read More »

April 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Dragon Boats: A Celebration

By Pat Barker

Dragon boat racing originated in China in the third century BC, and is only now being considered as a demonstration sport at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. This cross-cultural phenomenon is explored in Dragon Boats: ... Read More »

April 2, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Selected Stories

By Alice Munro

We are for some reason as a people given to the extraordinarily proficient creation of short things. At sketch comedy we are unparalleled, and our short films, live-action and animated, far surpass the quality of ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

The Selected Stories of Mavis Gallant

By Mavis Gallant

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

The Only-Good Heart

By Beth Goobie

Beth Goobie, who won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award for Scars of Light, her 1995 book of poetry, again tackles the controversial subject of ritual abuse and cult worship in The Only-Good Heart, her 10th ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Not Spain

By Richard Sanger

Passports are bargaining chips in these two political plays, each of which is set against a backdrop of racially driven violence. The personal becomes political in Richard Sanger’s finely crafted play, Not Spain, about a ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Running Dog, Paper Tiger

By Simon Johnston

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Reader’s Digest A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants

By Christopher Bricknell, Trevor Cole, Judith D. Zuk, eds.

At 1,092 pages and about 4 kilograms, the A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants is an ambitious volume that’s packed with essential ABCs for North American gardeners – and all sorts of extras not available in ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Hand to Hand

By Nadine McInnis

Nadine McInnis’s poetic project is to break through “the shell / that separates us” and reveal the interpenetration of ordinary human lives. This is a vernacular poetry that searches for the links that bind us ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Blue Marrow

By Louise Bernice Halfe

In her second collection of poetry, Saskatchewan’s Louise Bernice Halfe continues an exploration of many of the concerns she addressed in her previous book, Bear Bones & Feathers (1994). Blue Marrow is both a celebration ... Read More »