Little Horse of Iron: A Quest for the Canadian Horse

A book about a “foolish man…who buys a young horse” is how Lawrence Scanlan sums up his part memoir, part history of a little known aspect of Canadiana, le cheval canadien. At age 50 Scanlan ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Honour

By Ann Decter

Ann Decter’s second novel, Honour, tells the stories of three friends in the midst of self-discovery. Honour is a feminist melting pot from which Decter pulls her characters Marie, Jane, and Shulamit Weiss and molds ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Stick: A History, a Celebration, an Elegy

By Bruce Dowbiggin

Calgary Herald sportswriter Bruce Dowbiggin’s last foray into hockey books was Of Ice and Men, a look at how a handful of hockey greats have mastered their craft. But they say that craftspeople are only ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Take One’s Essential Guide to Canadian Cinema

By Wyndham Wise, ed.

Take One’s Essential Guide to Canadian Film attempts to cover the entire history of Canadian film, from Edison’s 1896 The Kiss through to the year 2000, focusing on such successful films as Maelström and the ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

★ The Green Library

By Janice Kulyk Keefer

Every once in a while, an author effects a haunting. She creates a place, a time, a mood that endures past the “real time” required to read her work. In her new novel, The Green ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Joyce Wieland: A Life in Art

By Iris Nowell

Canadian painter and filmmaker Joyce Wieland rose to prominence in the 1960s, a time when few women were achieving much success in the Canadian art scene. Wieland remained a major figure in Canadian art until ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Marching as to War: Canada’s Turbulent Years 1899-1953

By Pierre Berton

Anyone with an interest in this country’s past owes a great debt to Pierre Berton. In book after book, he has written the Canadian story with style and grace – and a sure eye for ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: History

Literary Trips Volume 2: Following in the Footsteps of Fame

By Victoria Brooks, ed.

Literary Trips is a book for dreaming and travelling. As its subtitle suggests, the book guides readers to the haunts of 22 famous writers on four continents and several islands. Each entry includes an essay ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Canadian Family On-Line

By John Wallace Whistance-Smith

With the advent of the World Wide Web the Internet has irrevocably passed from the purview of technology fetishists into the den of John Q. Public. It’s no surprise then that the Net is now ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Kingfisher Days: A Memoir

By Susan Coyne

When Susan Coyne, an accomplished actor and founding member of Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre, was five years old, the world of fairies and make-believe was very much a reality. Kingfisher Days is her recollection of a ... Read More »