Close to the Fire

A decade ago David Helwig was an Ontario novelist, poet, scriptwriter, and editor, publishing the substantial narratives of a writer in his prime. He now lives on Prince Edward Island, and Close to the Fire, ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Old Flames

By Kim Moritsugu

A one-time aspiring Broadway hoofer-turned-banking-flunky, Beth Robinson has quit her job to stay home and raise her two young daughters while her husband works in downtown Toronto. She cleans the basement, rakes the leaves, makes ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Getting Over Edgar

By Joan Barfoot

Joan Barfoot is a dependable chronicler of the malaise of women in our time. In her eighth novel the woman in question is a childless middle-aged widow in comfortable circumstances. Her belated journey of self-discovery ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Man Who Loved Jane Austen

By Ray Smith

The Montreal in Ray Smith’s The Man Who Loved Jane Austen is a dismal place: ice storms, a Ministry of Education that wants to regulate all aspects of academic life, old watering holes and drinking ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Elizabeth and After

By Matt Cohen

There is such deftness to this novel, such sureness of approach and lightness of writing, that an honest critic must begin with an apology. Sorry, dear reader, for the envy that infringes on the following; ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Stan Douglas

By Daina Augaitis,George Wagner, William Wood

At age 38, Vancouver artist Stan Douglas is currently the most successful young artist in Canada. His multimedia installations have appeared at major institutions around the world, and he is considered one of the top ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

T’aal: The One Who Takes Bad Children

By Sue Pielle with Anne Cameron, Greta Guzek, illus.

This collaborative effort by writer Anne Cameron and native Sliammon storyteller Sue Pielle is the tale of a terrifying giant who preys on children who disobey their parents by staying out after dark. The One ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: History

Red Blood: One (Mostly) White Guy’s Encounters with the Native World

By Robert Hunter

Bob Hunter strikes again. The Greenpeace co-founder, newspaper columnist, television reporter, author, and self-appointed media guru has decided to share his experiences as a media consultant for aboriginal groups and as a general shit disturber ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Industrial Cathedrals of the North

By Louie Palu and Charlie Angus

If hockey is Canada’s international sport, mining is Canada’s international industry. But while scores of picture books have honoured our hockey greats, the haunting visual legacy of mining has largely been neglected. That is, until ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself

By Sabrina Ward Harrison

If Nick Bantock and Ralph Steadman were teenaged girls who kept scrapbook diaries, Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself would be the result. California-based photographer Sabrina Ward Harrison pours the world of adolescent angst ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

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