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Inside Out Girl

By Tish Cohen

Based on the success of Town House, Torontonian Tish Cohen’s debut novel, you might expect her to stick to a similar formula for her follow-up, Inside Out Girl. Many of the same elements are here: ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Catch

By Louisa McCormack

Like all good chick-lit heroines, Minerva Gallant is brimming with pluck and drive. She’s successful and well liked at her job as a television producer. She’s the gal who’s confident enough to cut her friends’ ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Emily Carr

By Lewis DeSoto

In the struggle to help Canadians learn more about their past, Penguin Canada has launched a series of mini-histories designed to reach out to the general reader. The Extraordinary Canadians series, edited by John Ralston ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Nellie McClung

By Charlotte Gray

In the struggle to help Canadians learn more about their past, Penguin Canada has launched a series of mini-histories designed to reach out to the general reader. The Extraordinary Canadians series, edited by John Ralston ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Repose

By Adam Getty

There is a line from Adam Getty’s Gerald Lampert Award-winning first poetry collection, Reconciliation, that encapsulates one of his larger thematic concerns: “There// is nothing human here but the usual/ grinding beneath the wheel.”     ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Poetry