★ Conceit

How to write a review in 350 words that does justice to Mary Novik’s extraordinary debut novel Conceit? It’s nearly impossible, which is probably why the book’s catalogue bumph veers toward the purple, making it ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Late Nights on Air

By Elizabeth Hay

There is, for many of us, a magic time in our lives – that summer or winter when we find ourselves in a unique place, surrounded by a handful of people we are connected to ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Soucouyant

By David Chariandy

Vancouverite David Chariandy’s debut novel works in spite of itself. None of the characters are particularly striking, the narrative is a bit choppy, and the ending feels tied up with a bow. And yet, Soucouyant ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Gum Thief

By Douglas Coupland

Right from the get-go we’re deep in Coupland country with The Gum Thief: the über-now pop culture references, the casual, deliciously snide vernacular, the loopy, neurotic characters you can’t help but love, and of course, ... Read More »

August 30, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

By Naomi Klein

In Dr. Seuss’s story “The Sneetches,” the star-bellied Sneetches discriminate against those plain-bellied Sneetches with “none upon thars.” That is, until arch-capitalist Sylvester Monkey McBean rolls into town with a machine that puts stars on ... Read More »

August 30, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Portrait in Light and Shadow: The Life of Yousuf Karsh

By Maria Tippett

When Maria Tippett, author of a GG-winning bio of Emily Carr, asked Yousuf Karsh for permission to write his biography, he graciously declined. It was only after Karsh’s death in 2002 that his estate decided ... Read More »

August 27, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth About Motherhood

By Cori Howard, ed.

A strange thing happens when a woman has a child: she immediately becomes part of “the club.” And it doesn’t matter if the woman is straight, gay, partnered, or alone, or if the child arrived ... Read More »

August 20, 2007 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

What Happened Later

By Ray Robertson

“He honored life” – so reads Jack Kerouac’s tombstone. Ray Robertson does his best to honour Kerouac’s life in his fifth novel. What Happened Later depicts Kerouac’s latter stages of existence while also detailing the ... Read More »

August 13, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Out Came the Sun: A Day in Nursery Rhymes

By Heather Collins

Extending her line of illustrated nursery rhymes, award-winner Heather Collins delivers Out Came the Sun, an anthology of children’s verse both familiar and obscure brought to life by softly hued watercolour depictions of a family ... Read More »

August 7, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Becca at Sea

By Deirdre Baker

Who knew that Deirdre Baker (co-author of A Guide to Canadian Children’s Books and the forthcoming guide to children’s fantasy Follow That Broomstick) could write such terrific fiction? In Baker’s first novel, young Becca wonders ... Read More »

August 7, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Prev 515 516517518 519....1069 1070 Next

Quill and Quire

★ Conceit

Late Nights on Air

Soucouyant

★ The Gum Thief

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Portrait in Light and Shadow: The Life of Yousuf Karsh

★ Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth About Motherhood

What Happened Later

Out Came the Sun: A Day in Nursery Rhymes

★ Becca at Sea

Job Board