The Red Scarf

It’s a wonder it took 10 years for Anne Villeneuve’s l’Écharpe rouge to be translated. As a Governor General’s award winner, it should be a prime candidate for an English readership. Besides, there is only ... Read More »

March 10, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Penalty Killing

By Michael McKinley

Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs will find much to relate to in Michael McKinley’s debut sports mystery. The Continental Hockey League stands in for the NHL and the hapless New York St. Patricks are ... Read More »

March 8, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Piece by Piece: Stories About Fitting Into Canada

By Teresa Toten, ed.

“Immigrants,” writes editor Teresa Toten in her excellent introduction to this collection of essays and memoirs, “are so often hyper-aware, hyper-alert to their surroundings. We are alive to every potential snub or slur. We can ... Read More »

March 3, 2010

Never More There

By Stephen Rowe

Never More There is Newfoundland-based school teacher Stephen Rowe’s first collection of poems. In many ways, it is a typical debut, featuring poems of family history, quotidian observations, formal experiments, and nods to literary models ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

Wait Until Late Afternoon

By David Bateman and Hiromi Goto

Like conceptual artwork, Wait Until Late Afternoon, a book-length poem in two voices, requires some contextual explanation before its intent and effect can be fully appreciated. In what amounts to an artist’s statement printed on ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Windstorm

By Joe Denham

B.C.-based fisherman and timber framer Joe Denham caused a stir with his first poetry collection, Flux, in 2003. The book garnered considerable critical acclaim and Denham’s poems were widely anthologized. Even so, in a 2004 ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

Jew and Improved: How Choosing to Be Chosen Made Me a Better Man

By Benjamin Errett

Benjamin Errett’s memoir about his conversion to Judaism upon becoming engaged to a Jewish woman has at its centre a potentially interesting subject, but the author squanders opportunities to explore his spiritual journey in any ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Toby: A Man

By Todd Babiak

The son of two marginally successful hot dog vendeurs in the Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Toby Ménard is the perfect gentleman. So perfect, in fact, that his face can be seen smiling down from billboards ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Spice Necklace: A Food-lover’s Caribbean Adventure

By Ann Vanderhoof

If there is a common element to travel writing, it is the obsessive quest to capture the authenticity of the cultures and locations being described. The Spice Necklace, best-selling author Ann Vanderhoof’s chronicle of the ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Vancouver Special

By Charles Demers

Vancouver is notoriously difficult to pin down or define. The city is characterized more by its contradictions than by any overarching symbol or mindset: its natural beauty is at odds with its metropolitan leanings; its ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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