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The Man Behind the Bow Tie: Arthur Porter on Business, Politics and Intrigue

Hubris – and the inevitable comeuppance that follows – is what comes to mind when reading Arthur Porter’s memoir, penned with Canadian author T.R. Todd. The Man Behind the Bow Tie, we are told, was ... Read More »

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Beautiful West and the Beloved of God

By Michael Springate

The first novel by Vancouver-based playwright Michael Springate is the latest in a small wave of fiction focusing on the fraught relations between the West and the Middle East. A small wave, not because the ... Read More »

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Politics & Current Affairs

Young Neil: The Sugar Mountain Years

By Sharry Wilson

Soulful. It’s a word Neil Young uses often in his new memoir, Special Deluxe, which is framed around his obsession with cars and dogs (but mostly cars). He applies it to friends he’s known, recordings ... Read More »

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life and Cars

By Neil Young

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Kitten Clone: Inside Alcatel-Lucent

By Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland is a clever and resourceful writer. He has to be in Kitten Clone, because the topic of global tech companies is enough to make even the biggest fans of Generation X tune out. ... Read More »

November 10, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Cinema of the Present

By Lisa Robertson

Ken Babstock and Lisa Robertson use experimental forms to navigate contemporary experiences of globalization and the surveillance state, writes Jason Wiens Numerous writers have undertaken the project of “cognitive mapping” since the Marxist critic Fredric ... Read More »

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

On Malice

By Ken Babstock

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

The Comeback: How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power and Influence

By John Ralston Saul

John Ralston Saul’s meditation on Canada’s aboriginal communities regaining an authentic political voice proves – among other things – that the line between popular culture and hard-nosed philosophy is not especially blurred. The book presents ... Read More »

November 3, 2014 | Filed under: Native Peoples

Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada

By Elizabeth May

With the Canadian federal election coming next year, it’s no surprise that politicians and pundits are flooding bookstores with new tomes. Into the fray steps Green Party leader Elizabeth May with a volume billed as ... Read More »

October 28, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Search for Heinrich Schlögel

By Martha Baillie

The legend of Rip Van Winkle looms in the background of Martha Baillie’s surrealist new novel. Our titular protagonist is a 20-year-old German who travels to Canada’s high north in the summer of 1980. While ... Read More »

October 27, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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The Man Behind the Bow Tie: Arthur Porter on Business, Politics and Intrigue

The Beautiful West and the Beloved of God

Young Neil: The Sugar Mountain Years

Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life and Cars

Kitten Clone: Inside Alcatel-Lucent

Cinema of the Present

On Malice

The Comeback: How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power and Influence

Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada

The Search for Heinrich Schlögel

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