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Krekshuns

It takes a lot longer to get this dark novel out of your mind than it does to read it. Another in Bolen’s series about Vancouver parole officer Barry Delta, the book is a discordant ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Origin of Waves

By Austin Clarke

Austin Clarke is not the first African-Canadian novelist, though he is one of the most esteemed – and most prolific. While Clarke follows early Ontario writers Martin Delany and William Stowers in chronology (they issued ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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

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

Flowers on My Grave: How an Ojibwa Boy’s Death Helped Break the Silence on Child Abuse

By Ruth Teichroeb

Ruth Teichroeb covered the longest inquest in Manitoba history for the Winnipeg Free Press. When it was over, she still had questions about the suicide of 14-year-old Lester Desjarlais and many others like him. She ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Native Peoples

24 Hours in Cyberspace: Paintings on the Walls of the Digital Cave

By Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt

Some 10 years ago, Rick Smolan’s name appeared on coffee tables everywhere when he launched the Day in the Life series of photography books. Smolan’s latest installment, 24 Hours in Cyberspace, is as ambitious an ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

A Woman’s Place: Seventy Years in the Lives of Canadian Women

By Sylvia Fraser

Chatelaine’s herstoryTo celebrate Chatelaine’s 70th anniversary, Sylvia Fraser has compiled excerpts from past issues of the magazine as a time capsule of how Canadian women have and haven’t changed. A Woman’s Place: Seventy Years in ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Lament of Charlie Longsong

By Roch Carrier, Sheila Fischman -trans.

“America is a novel,” says one of the characters in Roch Carrier’s new novel The Lament of Charlie Longsong. But Robert Martin, Carrier’s stodgy protagonist, disagrees. He insists, instead, on setting the historical record straight. ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Game to Play on the Tracks

By Lorna Jackson

Twice in this vivid, pyrotechnic novel, women walk into knitting shops that are heaped and hung like Aladdin’s cave with skeins – brightly dyed, flecked, handspun, synthetic. Proprietresses pull patterns from drawers, dispense yarns and ... Read More »

October 29, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Haunted Hillbilly

By Derek McCormack

At 124 generously spaced pages, The Haunted Hillbilly – Derek McCormack’s first novel – demonstrates with style and sardonic wit that it’s not about the length, it’s all in how you use it. McCormack, the ... Read More »

October 29, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Krekshuns

The Origin of Waves

Poetic Voices of the Maritimes: A Selection of Contemporary Poetry

Frederick H. Varley

Flowers on My Grave: How an Ojibwa Boy’s Death Helped Break the Silence on Child Abuse

24 Hours in Cyberspace: Paintings on the Walls of the Digital Cave

A Woman’s Place: Seventy Years in the Lives of Canadian Women

The Lament of Charlie Longsong

A Game to Play on the Tracks

★ The Haunted Hillbilly

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