Canada: A People’s History Volume Two

By Don Gillmor,Achille Michaud, and Pierre Turgeon

Some historians have complained bitterly that the grand sweep, the great events, of Canadian history are being forgotten or deliberately ignored. What a surprise it was then that millions of 21st-century Canadians sat in front ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Poetic Voices of the Maritimes: A Selection of Contemporary Poetry

By Allison Mitcham,Theresia Quigley, eds.

With the Canadian penchant for regionalism, organizing the national literature in terms of geography is a natural impulse. The sense of place is such an important aspect of this country’s writing that location often provides ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum

By Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh

Decorum is something you don’t hear much about anymore – it’s the kind of word that’s associated with white gloves and stodgy rules of etiquette. However, as Ceri Marsh and Kim Izzo reveal, modern decorum ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

Stanley Park

By Timothy Taylor

Start with Jeremy Papier, chef. He’s in his early thirties, with life coming at him, and fast. His restaurant, The Monkey’s Paw Bistro, is making a name for itself in Vancouver. He’s got ideas, energy, ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Titanium Punch

By Yashin Blake

Anyone wondering what it would be like to move to the big city and be part of an “underground scene” might want to check out Titanium Punch. The short novel’s storyline is tried and true. ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Lures

By Sue Goyette

It was the great folk scare of the early 1970s: the cultural interlude between the Rolling Stones and the Clash characterized by that banal splice, the Sensitive Singer/Songwriter. They could sing (enviro-elf John Denver) or ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Requests and Dedications

By Elise Levine

Elise Levine must really hate mothers. Her first novel, Requests and Dedications, contains at my count six maternal figures who could give Medea a run for her money. And it doesn’t matter if you kill ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Frederick H. Varley

By Peter Varley

Frederick H. Varley is a coffee-table book with more than 100 colour plates of paintings and sketches by the renowned artist. Varley was a founding member of the Group of Seven and while he did ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Waltzing the Tango: Confessions of an Out-of-step Boomer

By Gabrielle Bauer

One effect of the success of the Bridget Jones books, besides too many copy-cat efforts, is that author Helen Fielding raised the bar for portrayals of baffled, self-absorbed, youngish women. Bridget, lucky for her, had ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Home

By Mark Macdonald

Vancouver author Mark Macdonald’s first novel, Flat, transformed the architecture of the apartment building into an effective and subtle symbol for, amongst other things, the essential strangeness of urban life. Desire, compartmentalized and isolated inside ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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