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Still Waters

In over two dozen previous books, John Moss has tackled the state of the Canadian novel, collated field notes on Ireland, studied the Arctic landscape, and collected some of his own short stories. Now he’s ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal

By Michael Van Rooy

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal, the second novel by Winnipeg writer Michael Van Rooy, is a well-written, convincing, and compelling novel. Reminiscent of Elmore Leonard and Andrew Vacchs, this is hard-boiled fiction laced with humour and ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada’s Media Mogul

By Peter C. Newman

This year the machinery mythologizing the high rollers of capitalism is grinding mightily, with the focus turning to media magnates. Donald Trump still holds court on television’s The Apprentice; there’s a new biography of William ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Relentless: The True Story of the Man Behind Rogers Communications

By Ted Rogers with Robert Brehl

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Soul of All Great Designs

By Neil Bissoondath

If asked to describe a typical contemporary Canadian novel, the words witty, cosmopolitan, and erotic are unlikely to fly to the lips of most readers. That Neil Bissoondath’s The Soul of All Great Designs contains ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Horror Story and Other Horror Stories

By Robert Boyczuk

Despite its playfully generic title, only a handful of the 19 stories in this debut collection are traditional tales of horror involving monsters, vampires, or murderous evil spirits. Instead, it is an anthology of genre-bending ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

What Stirs

By Margaret Christakos

What Stirs is the seventh collection from Toronto-based poet and teacher Margaret Christakos. While there are a few individual poems in the book, this is primarily a set of sequences. Christakos employs an unspecified roster ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Godblog

By Laurie Channer

The publicity bumph for Toronto author Laurie Channer’s debut novel promises an edgy narrative in the vein of Douglas Coupland. It’s fine to aim high, but Godblog does not come remotely close to dethroning Canada’s ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Vishnu Dreams

By Ven Begamudré

Ven Begamudré’s second novel deals with the conflicts that develop within an Indian family in the wake of their emigration to North America in the late 1960s. Told from the point of view of siblings ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The White Space Between

By Ami Sands Brodoff

Ami Sands Brodoff chooses an inherently weighty subject for her novel The White Space Between. Any discussion of the legacy of the Holocaust and its victims draws heavily on cultural history, and carries a certain ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Quill and Quire

Still Waters

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal

Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada’s Media Mogul

Relentless: The True Story of the Man Behind Rogers Communications

The Soul of All Great Designs

Horror Story and Other Horror Stories

What Stirs

Godblog

Vishnu Dreams

The White Space Between

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