Holding the Bully’s Coat: Canada and the U.S. Empire

Both of these books are concerned with defining Canada’s “national interests.” Granatstein’s Whose War Is It? holds that the country’s interests lie firmly with the U.S., while McQuaig, in Holding the Bully’s Coat, argues that ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

So This Is the World & Here I Am in It

By Di Brandt

Manitoba poet Di Brandt’s So This Is the World & Here I Am in It is the 10th book in NeWest’s Writer as Critic series. The book consists of 12 essays written over 10 years ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products and Services in Canada

By Adria Vasil

Based on her column in Toronto’s NOW magazine, Adria Vasil’s Ecoholic is a slickly produced and irreverently toned book that makes going green seem almost sexy. It also walks the walk, being printed in vegetable-based ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The End of Ignorance: Multiplying Our Human Potential

By John Mighton

Teachers who dislike or don’t really understand math invariably instill in children just one thing: a lifelong dread of one of our most important languages.This cultural poverty has long appalled John Mighton, an award-winning playwright ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Unravelled

By Robyn Harding

You know what you’re going to get with most chick lit: an appealing heroine with a job that leads to hijinks or, at the very least, some low-grade titillation. While these books add little to ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Six Ways to Sunday

By Christian McPherson

In “The Plastic Garden,” the opening story of Ottawa author Christian McPherson’s debut collection Six Ways to Sunday, a reclusive model-maker finds emotional fulfillment in crafting tiny animals for a young neighbour. When the creatures ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Town House

By Tish Cohen

At age 36, Jack Madigan would seem to be skewing slightly old to be a proper hero of romantic comedy, but no: he fits the role as perfectly as Hugh Grant wears his hair. Author ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Above the Falls

By John Harris

In his new book, Above the Falls, John Harris gives us a very good portrayal of the North and of a way of life that has largely disappeared.The publisher uses the terms “creative non-fiction” and ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Reddening Path

By Amanda Hale

The tale of Malinche, the mistress of Cortés, Spanish conquerer of Latin America, is a controversial one. Reviled by some as a traitor to her Mayan culture and lauded by others as the founding mother ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Between Trains

By Barry Callaghan

The stories in Barry Callaghan’s new collection are written in a plain style reminiscent of Hemingway. And as with Hemingway, there are depths of emotion roiling beneath the deceptively simple surface of Callaghan’s prose. Callaghan’s ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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Holding the Bully’s Coat: Canada and the U.S. Empire

So This Is the World & Here I Am in It

Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products and Services in Canada

The End of Ignorance: Multiplying Our Human Potential

Unravelled

Six Ways to Sunday

Town House

Above the Falls

The Reddening Path

Between Trains

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