The Boat in the Tree

By Tim Wynne-Jones; John Shelley, illus.

The Boat in the Tree, like most picture books, functions on at least two levels. The overt story, told by a young boy, is seemingly straightforward: “The day Mom and Dad went to pick up ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

In My Backyard

By Margriet Ruurs; Ron Broda, illus.

Readers of In My Backyard will find themselves in a garden that is all the more magical for its realistic portrayal. Ron Broda’s remarkable paper sculptures are hyper-real, delicate, and enchanting rather than computer-animation-cold. The ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ French Kiss: Stephen Harper’s Blind Date with Quebec

By Chantal Hébert

Of all the books that have already been written about the Conservative Party’s 2006 electoral breakthrough, Chantal Hébert’s French Kiss is the most useful to understanding not only Stephen Harper’s victory but the circumstances that ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Types of Canadian Women, Volume II

By K.I. Press

Ragged Pen gathers together talks on poetry and memory given by Robert Finley, Patrick Friesen, Aislinn Hunter, Anne Simpson, and Jan Zwicky at the 2005 Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference and fleshes them ... Read More »

March 28, 2007 | Filed under: Poetry

Ragged Pen: Essays on Poetry & Memory

By various

March 28, 2007 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Paper Trail

By Arleen Paré

With her first novel, Arleen Paré wants to tell you that office life is bleak. It’s monotonous and unfulfilling and you do the same things over and over and … well, you get the idea. ... Read More »

March 28, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Five-Hole Stories

By Dave Bidini

When hockey wordsmith and Rheostatics guitarist Dave Bidini enters a rink, he doesn’t see sticks, pucks, nets, or ice; he sees metaphors. This can be fun, for a while.In this quickie read, Bidini offers up ... Read More »

March 28, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Sugar Bush & Other Stories

By Jenn Farrell

While reading Jenn Farrell’s debut collection of short fiction, Sugar Bush, I began to wonder if she had gone to my high school. Her characters seemed eerily familiar. Did we know the same people? Had ... Read More »

March 28, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Burma Effect

By Michael E. Rose

Michael E. Rose certainly has the bona fides to write about a globe-hopping journalist who does a little intelligence work on the side. Rose is a Canadian journalist whose work has taken him around the ... Read More »

March 28, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Suburban Pornography and Other Stories

By Matthew Firth

The first story in Matthew Firth’s new collection is entitled “Sheila Crawford Sucks Cocks.” Firth is a confrontational writer, and by placing this story at the very start he is clearly issuing both a warning ... Read More »

March 28, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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Quill and Quire

The Boat in the Tree

In My Backyard

★ French Kiss: Stephen Harper’s Blind Date with Quebec

Types of Canadian Women, Volume II

Ragged Pen: Essays on Poetry & Memory

Paper Trail

The Five-Hole Stories

Sugar Bush & Other Stories

The Burma Effect

★ Suburban Pornography and Other Stories

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