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The K Handshape

Maureen Jennings’ name should be familiar to Canadian mystery readers as well as fans of the TV adaptations of her seven novels starring Victorian-era Toronto detective William Murdoch. She has since turned her attention to ... Read More »

April 14, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Report on the Afterlife of Culture

By Stephen Henighan

Literary criticism in Canada suffers from a plague of timidity. There are many reasons for this, but one of the primary ones is the misguided notion that a vibrant literary culture depends on blind boosterism ... Read More »

April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

★ Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality

By Drew Hayden Taylor, ed.

If you’ve ever wondered about the relative abundance of pubic hair among women and men of the First Nations, you don’t have to feel alone anymore. Me Sexy, an anthology of 13 essays on the ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

High Wire Act: Ted Rogers and the Empire that Debt Built

By Caroline Van Hasselt

These two new books about the Asper and Rogers media empires won’t get anywhere near as much attention as the new memoirs from Jean Chrétien and Brian Mulroney or Naomi Klein’s latest work. However, they ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Asper Nation: Canada’s Most Dangerous Media Company

By Marc Edge

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Forage

By Rita Wong

Forage, Rita Wong’s second collection, is poetry that attacks modern power politics and attempts to modernize traditional poetics without stripping them of their value. These are poems that find their voice in the didactic. Indeed, ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Poetry

Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn’t Seem to Care)

By William Marsden

Books about ecological catastrophe can be real downers, but a sense of humour and lively writing make William Marsden’s entry into the suddenly popular category of inconvenient truths well worth a look. A journalist with ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Empty Casing: A Soldier’s Memoir of Sarajevo Under Siege

By Fred Doucette

Literature investigating the experience of soldiers in war zones is a well-explored genre. Whether it be the First or Second World War, Korea, or Vietnam, readers have been fully exposed to the effect this kind ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Cambodia Calling: A Memoir from the Frontlines of Doctors Without Borders

By Richard Heinzl

Among the frontline troops of international humanitarian aid, few share the rugged reputation of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an NGO that invites doctors to leave their comfortable offices and salaries for low-paying medical positions in ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech

By Craig Silverman

Since 2004, Montreal-based journalist Craig Silverman has collected and posted the most egregious media corrections on his website RegretTheError.com. In Regret the Error the book, Silverman not only assembles the highlights of this collection, but ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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The K Handshape

A Report on the Afterlife of Culture

★ Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality

High Wire Act: Ted Rogers and the Empire that Debt Built

Asper Nation: Canada’s Most Dangerous Media Company

Forage

Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn’t Seem to Care)

Empty Casing: A Soldier’s Memoir of Sarajevo Under Siege

Cambodia Calling: A Memoir from the Frontlines of Doctors Without Borders

Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech

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