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Down and Dirty Birding

Down and Dirty Birding is downright hilarious. Which is not to say it isn’t informative and useful – it most certainly is. Slinger tells us about the birds in the trees in much the same ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Making and Selling Herbal Crafts: Tips, Techniques, Projects

By Alyce Nadeau

Whether pretty posies or practical aromatics, book publishers are offering a stack of craft books on creating items for home, body, or gift giving from the garden’s bounty. From the glossy front cover of Living ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Herbcrafts: Practical Inspirations for Natural Gifts, Country Crafts and Decorative Displays

By Tessa Evelegh

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Flowercrafts: Practical Inspirations for Natural Gifts, Country Crafts and Decorative Displays

By Deena Beverley

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Kids Guide to Fortune Telling

By Louise Dickson, Pat Cupples, illus.

The author’s note on the acknowledgments page encapsulates her approach to this subject: that fortune-telling can be “good, clean, frivolous fun.” Rather than being a serious exploration of psychic phenomena, this is a kids’ craft ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Canfake

By Donald Webster

Thirty years ago my wife and I bought an ancient pine sideboard from an antique dealer we privately referred to as “The Pirate.” “Early Upper Canada,” he said as we tied it onto the roof ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

Brainstorm!

By Wendy Ashton Shimkofsky, Loris Lesynski, illus.

When winter weather keeps the kids inside, they can exercise their minds, if not their bodies, with Wendy Ashton Shimkofsky’s new book, Brainstorm! It’s full of great ideas to challenge kids to look at their ... Read More »

October 1, 2013

Emergent Voices: Cbc Canadian Literary Awards Stories, 1979-1999

By Robert Weaver, ed.

It must have been quite a task for Robert Weaver, even after decades of experience selecting stories for CBC Radio, to choose the 11 stories for the audio tape version of Emergent Voices. He had ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Carnivocal: A Celebration of Sound Poetry

By Stephen Scobie and Doug Barbour, eds.

Sound poetry has more in common with experimental music than verse upon a page: it rewards an open ear and mind, and a playful spirit. Sentences, phrases, and meaning exist, but they are soluble, and ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Poetry

Kicking the Sky

By Anthony De Sa

Anthony De Sa’s story collection, 2008’s Barnacle Love, was shortlisted for both the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Toronto Book Award. The author’s long-awaited first novel is a powerful follow-up to this impressive debut. Kicking ... Read More »

September 30, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Quill and Quire

Down and Dirty Birding

Making and Selling Herbal Crafts: Tips, Techniques, Projects

Herbcrafts: Practical Inspirations for Natural Gifts, Country Crafts and Decorative Displays

Flowercrafts: Practical Inspirations for Natural Gifts, Country Crafts and Decorative Displays

The Kids Guide to Fortune Telling

Canfake

Brainstorm!

Emergent Voices: Cbc Canadian Literary Awards Stories, 1979-1999

Carnivocal: A Celebration of Sound Poetry

Kicking the Sky

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