Ghost Voyages III: Endeavour and Resolution

In the first two books in Alberta author Cora Taylor’s historical fantasy series Ghost Voyages, Jeremy experienced Canada’s maritime history aboard the Northcote, Nonsuch, Matthew, and Bluenose. In the third, he briefly revisits the Bluenose ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Mosh Pit

By Kristyn Dunnion

Remember when teen fiction was about unrequited love, troubles at school, and family problems? Mosh Pit covers the territory, but readers are in for quite a ride.Simone (AKA Freaky, because of her six-inch green Mohawk) ... Read More »

December 13, 2004

The 60s: Montreal Thinks Big

By André Lortie, ed.

Every generation comes to love its grandparents’ taste, and the architecture and planning of the mid-20th century is far enough behind us to warrant a new look. Yet while modernism is back in vogue for ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Freewalker

By Dennis Foon

My first impression of Vancouver playwright Dennis Foon’s Freewalker, a sequel to The Dirt Eaters, was that it’s derivative of Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials series. Foon’s mystical “dirt” recalls Pullman’s “dust.” The animal forms that ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Francesca and the Magic Bike

By Cynthia Nugent

"Hippogriff, don’t fail me now!” is the plea that 10-year-old Francesca (Frankie), on a quest to recover a special ring, makes to her awesome bike. Frankie begins her adventure with frissons of doubt about whether ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Pepins and Their Problems

By Polly Horvath, Marylin Hafner, illus.

Polly Horvath has written a delicious and head-spinning turn on the problem novel. “There are always problems in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Pepin; their children, Petunia and Irving; their dog, Roy; their cat, ... Read More »

December 13, 2004

Great Canadian Speeches

By Dennis Gruending, ed.

Some speeches are great in their own right. Some are made great by circumstances. Both types are well represented in journalist and former member of Parliament Dennis Gruending’s new book. Gruending has collected and edited ... Read More »

December 6, 2004 | Filed under: History

★ Canada’s House: Rideau Hall and the Invention of a Canadian Home

By Margaret MacMillan, Marjorie Harris, and Anne L. Desjardins

Now we’re looking good. A couple of years ago, a page turned in Canadian popular history. In retrospect, we can see that CBC Television’s Canada: A People’s History and Douglas Coupland’s Souvenir Of Canada books ... Read More »

November 29, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

★ Redress: Inside the Japanese Canadian Call for Justice

By Roy Miki

Poet, teacher, and social critic Roy Miki has done Canadian history a remarkable service with his poignant, insightful, and brutally honest recounting of the century-long struggle for Japanese-Canadian citizenship rights. Miki approaches the story of ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: History

The Fire Demons

By J. Fitzgerald McCurdy

Can 11-year-old Steele Miller save the world by accessing his ancient alien powers? That’s the question posed by The Fire Demons, the first in the new Mole Wars series from Ottawa author J. Fitzgerald McCurdy. ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

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Ghost Voyages III: Endeavour and Resolution

Mosh Pit

The 60s: Montreal Thinks Big

Freewalker

Francesca and the Magic Bike

★ The Pepins and Their Problems

Great Canadian Speeches

★ Canada’s House: Rideau Hall and the Invention of a Canadian Home

★ Redress: Inside the Japanese Canadian Call for Justice

The Fire Demons

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