$&Shannon Cowan has two adult books to her credit, but Tin Angel marks her debut as a young adult writer. And what a debut. From its short prologue through to the final paragraph, readers will ... Read More »
November 5, 2007
In the end, it doesn’t really matter if pro wrestling is fake or not. Because, as is made clear from Bret “Hitman” Hart’s autobiography, the athleticism required to execute wrestling’s pre-scripted entertainment is real – ... Read More »
October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
Carol Bruneau writes about the interior lives of seemingly ordinary characters. In her newest novel, 71-year-old Lucy Caine is a woman few people would look at twice on the street, yet Lucy’s life has been ... Read More »
October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
In her newest book, Helen Humphreys imagines a river, and those who live on it, suspended by ice. Not just any river, but the Thames, a river that has frozen over 40 times in the ... Read More »
October 22, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
“Studying life everywhere is my job.” This statement, from a reporter in the opening story of Shauna Singh Baldwin’s latest collection of short fiction, reveals the author’s mission. We Are Not in Pakistan is a ... Read More »
October 15, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
Nineteen-year-old Fran’s exploration of her life and her place in the world begins when her mother Gloria, who deserted her five years earlier, suddenly starts phoning every night at six o’clock. Audrey Schulman’s A House ... Read More »
October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Kenneth Sherman’s collection of new and selected poems spans more than 20 years. The new poems that open The Well reflect the writer’s maturity, his hard-won wisdom, and his sophisticated craft. The selected poems that ... Read More »
October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Poetry
The spirit of the philosopher, mystic, pacifist, Jew-turned-Catholic Simone Weil is evoked explicitly in the title of this book of poetry: love and hunger are implicit themes throughout Sarah Klassen’s moving and brilliantly realized lyrical ... Read More »
October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Poetry
On November 14, 1997, 14-year-old Reena Virk was beaten and eventually drowned in a picturesque Victoria community known as the Gorge. In the years following her death, several trials led to murder convictions for two ... Read More »
October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Poetry
In the early 1970s, Milton Acorn was one of Canada’s most famous poets. An antagonistic, argumentative man, his highly acclaimed poems about love, nature, and social and political concerns won him the 1975 Governor General’s ... Read More »
October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
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