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The Paperboy’s Winter

Poet Tim Bowling’s intensely interiorized story of 10-year-old Callum Taylor often reads more like a personal memoir than a typical coming-of-age novel, which is both a good and a bad thing. The intense memories of ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

A Day Does Not Go by

By Sean Johnston

In A Day Does Not Go By, Sean Johnston arranges his themes – the fear of betrayal, the fragility of love, the haplessness of old age, the inadequacy of language – into 27 short vignettes.In ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Kipligat’s Chance

By David N. Odhiambo

Vancouver writer David N. Odhiambo’s Kipligat’s Chance departs from the experimental syntax and grammar of his first novel, diss/ed banded nation, but a close attention to language also makes his second novel a forceful read. ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Romantic

By Barbara Gowdy

Barbara Gowdy’s new novel is not called The Pragmatist for a reason. Its heroine, Louise Kirk, loves in a fantastic, humongous way, and with the kind of searing heat usually seen only in acetylene welding ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

With Axe and Flask: The History of Persephone Township from Pre-cambrian Times to the Present

By Dan Needles

Playwright and columnist Dan Needles’ With Axe and Flask will resonate with fans of Stephen Leacock’s understated but bitingly funny tales set around the fictional town of Mariposa, Ontario. Needles, creator of the popular Wingfield ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Great Canadian Scientists

By Barry Shell

In his introduction, author Barry Shell (research communications manager at the Centre for Systems Science at Simon Fraser University), talks about his own route to science. “In university I majored in organic chemistry because of ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Have You Seen Dogs?

By Joanne Oppenheim, Susan Gardos, illus.

When C.S. Lewis was a child he had an insect phobia. He says that their “angular limbs, their jerky movements, their dry, metallic noises” suggested to him “either machines that have come to live or ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

What’s That Bug? Everyday Insects and Their Really Cool Cousins

By Nan Froman, Julian Mulock, illus.

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Rescuing Einstein’s Compass

By Shulamith Levy Oppenheim, George Juhasz, illus.

Rescuing Einstein’s Compass recounts a memorable day in the life of a young boy named Theo when he meets “the most famous man alive.” Theo’s parents introduce him to Albert Einstein and suggest the pair ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Windy

By Robin Mitchell and Judith Steedman

Using photographs of homemade dolls posed in scenes of a simple story, Vancouver graphic designers Robin Mitchell and Judith Steedman have begun a series of engaging books for preschoolers. The first, Windy, follows a little ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

The Paperboy’s Winter

A Day Does Not Go by

Kipligat’s Chance

The Romantic

With Axe and Flask: The History of Persephone Township from Pre-cambrian Times to the Present

Great Canadian Scientists

Have You Seen Dogs?

What’s That Bug? Everyday Insects and Their Really Cool Cousins

Rescuing Einstein’s Compass

Windy

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