Meet Me in the Parking Lot

A lexandra Leggat’s second collection of short fiction is more than just an homage to the automobile. In these 13 urban tales, the car figures as character, theme, and symbol. In “Impala,” the car assumes ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Skinny

By Ibi Kaslik

A novel in which anorexia plays a major role is at risk of becoming pathologized, symptoms of illness overwhelming the narrative. This is not the case in Ibi Kaslik’s beautifully written first novel. In the ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Woman in Bronze

By Antanas Sileika

According to the locals, the town of Merdine is the safest place on Earth to practice adultery. After committing their sin in the ruins of a castle at the top of a hill, a couple ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries, and Preoccupations

By Howard Norman

My Famous Evening is Howard Norman’s ode to Nova Scotia, a province that has formed a significant part not only of the Vermont resident’s fiction, but of his development as a Canadian writer and storyteller ... Read More »

May 7, 2004 | Filed under: History

Ego and Ink: The Inside Story of Canada’s Newspaper War

By Chris Cobb

Blame it on Conrad Black, a man whose absurdly rich vocabulary does not include the word “hubris.” In 1998, against the advice of pretty much everyone, he launched the neoconservative National Post in Toronto’s already ... Read More »

April 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Sojourn

By Alan Cumyn

Young Ramsey Crome is a Canadian private mired in the trenches of the First World War. Knee deep in mud, surrounded by exploding shells and dying friends, he’s certain he will be blown to bits ... Read More »

April 21, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Allowances, Dollars and Sense: A Proven System for Teaching Your Kids About Money

By Paul W. Lermitte

Instilling the value of money and establishing a grounding in sound financial principles at an early age is probably one of the most important lessons parents can provide for their children. Just how to provide ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Canada: Our History: An Album Through Time

By Rick Archbold

It is a truism that as Canadians we have traditionally done a poor job telling our own stories. I was reminded of this yet again while watching the excellent first episodes of the CBC’s Canada: ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Book links

The Top 100 Nhl Players of All Time

By Steve Dryden, ed.

To Canadians in the 1930s and 1940s listening to Foster Hewitt call the play-by-play, hockey must have seemed invented for radio. As families huddled around their consoles, the chaotic beauty of the game came alive ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help