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★ All Is Flesh

By Yannick Renaud; Hugh Hazelton, trans.

Part meditation on mourning, part discourse on the body, part exploration of the physics of human love, All Is Flesh collects Hugh Hazelton’s English translations of Quebec-based poet Yannick Renaud’s first two books, Taxidermy and ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Poetry

Master & Madman: The Surprising Rise and Disastrous Fall of the Hon Anthony Lockwood RN

By Peter Thomas and Nicholas Tracy

On June 1, 1823, Anthony Lockwood, Surveyor General of New Brunswick, rode down the streets of Fredericton waving pistols at passersby in a bid to take over the government. How a man of low birth ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: History

The Passionate Muse: Exploring Emotion in Stories

By Keith Oatley

A recipient’s first response to any work of art, suggests Ray Robertson, is probably somatic. For Robertson, we react to a book or a painting or a piece of music first on an emotional level, ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Thieves of Bay Street: How Banks, Brokerages and the Wealthy Steal Billions from Canadians

By Bruce Livesey

During the global economic meltdown of 2008 and the subsequent recession, Canadians maintained an unusually triumphant mood. The apparent strength of the banking system and the absence of a collapse in real estate prices led ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile

By Taras Grescoe

With his talent for description and rhythmic prose, it is easy to appreciate the accolades Taras Grescoe has garnered in recent years. Grescoe is the author of four previous books, including Bottomfeeder, a bestseller and ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The End of Growth

By Jeff Rubin

In 1967, when Leonard Cohen sang that the mysterious Suzanne “feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China,” the distance those delicacies had travelled magnified their exoticism. You’re unlikely to find ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

What We Talk About When We Talk About War

By Noah Richler

As Canadian bookshelves bulge with triumphal Afghanistan war memoirs, Noah Richler’s new polemic boldly bucks the prevailing trend by raising provocative questions about our country’s military over the past decade. The tensions marking Canada’s occupation ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: History

A Work in Progress

By Brad Cotton

Danny Bayle, the 28-year-old protagonist of Brad Cotton’s debut novel, is a frustrated writer. His first novel, published when he was 24, “earned a unanimous reception from critics in that none of them bothered to ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Goodtime Girl

By Tess Fragoulis

Kivelli Fotiathi is a wealthy, beautiful young woman enjoying the perks of privilege and daydreams of romance in her home city of Smyrna (now Izmir, Turkey). But the year is 1922, and her world is ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC

By Richard Stursberg

In 2004, when Richard Stursberg accepted the position as head of CBC’s English-language television services (he took over radio and online responsibilities in 2008), he inherited a once venerable cultural institution in the late stages ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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★ All Is Flesh

Master & Madman: The Surprising Rise and Disastrous Fall of the Hon Anthony Lockwood RN

The Passionate Muse: Exploring Emotion in Stories

Thieves of Bay Street: How Banks, Brokerages and the Wealthy Steal Billions from Canadians

Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile

The End of Growth

What We Talk About When We Talk About War

A Work in Progress

The Goodtime Girl

The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC

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