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Two by George: Consecrated Ground and Gideon’s Blues

In George Elroy Boyd’s Gideon’s Blues, Momma-Lou remembers how her husband, Poppy, used to say that this was “one nigger-hatin’ town.” I hazard a guess that it might be comforting for some Canadians’ self-image if ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

High Life

By Lee Macdougall

Neither Andrew Moodie, author of Riot, nor Lee Macdougall, who wrote High Life, had plays produced before writing these. Both men were, and are, actors who decided they wanted to write. Many people involved in ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Riot

By Andrew Moodie

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Rock, Rhythm and Reels: Canada’s East Coast Musicians on Stage

By Lee Fleming, ed.

Writing about music, mused Woody Allen, is like dancing about architecture. So in preparing Rock, Rhythm and Reels, author Lee Fleming went straight to the source to uncover the charm and passion underlying the flourishing ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Ad Men Move on Lhasa: Writing and Culture in a Virtual World

By Steven Heighton

With his new book of essays, award-winning Kingston poet and short story writer Steven Heighton joins the dark, millennial murmurings of writers like Sven Birkerts, whose 1994 Gutenberg Elegies sounded an eloquent warning knell – ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Economical Guide to Self-publishing: How to Produce and Market Your Book on a Budget

By Linda Foster Radke

The forward to Radke’s own self-publication, The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing, is written by Dan Poynter, the author of The Self-Publishing Manual. Poynter’s book is then referred to, or directly recommended, no fewer than five ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

Complain, Complain, Complain: The Canadian Consumer’s Guide to Getting Action

By Karen Molson

Do you have a complaint, any complaint? In this book, Ottawa writer Karen Molson attempts to address the most common consumer problems, spur the reader to action, and provide a “handy reference guide.” However, Complain, ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

Everyone’s Guide to the Law: A Handbook for Canadians

By Linda Silver Dranoff

Linda Silver Dranoff’s Everyone’s Guide to the Law is a single-volume “attempt to demystify the law for the average person.” In other words, it undertakes to summarize our tangled legal landscape in just over 400 ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

What Your Travel Agent Knows That You Don’t: A Guide for Women Who Want to Do It Themselves

By Harlequin Ultimate Guides

What Your Travel Agent Knows That You Don’t is a mini-guide targetted to women travellers, both experienced and inexperienced. But the information here is very basic, and the veteran world traveller won’t find much of ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

From the Tower of Babel to Parliament Hill: How to Be a Christian in Canada Today

By Brian C. Stiller

Central to the theme of Ontario-based theologian Brian C. Stiller’s fifth book are two well-known biblical events: Babel and Pentecost. In From the Tower of Babel to Parliament Hill: How to Be a Christian in ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

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Quill and Quire

Two by George: Consecrated Ground and Gideon’s Blues

High Life

Riot

Rock, Rhythm and Reels: Canada’s East Coast Musicians on Stage

The Ad Men Move on Lhasa: Writing and Culture in a Virtual World

The Economical Guide to Self-publishing: How to Produce and Market Your Book on a Budget

Complain, Complain, Complain: The Canadian Consumer’s Guide to Getting Action

Everyone’s Guide to the Law: A Handbook for Canadians

What Your Travel Agent Knows That You Don’t: A Guide for Women Who Want to Do It Themselves

From the Tower of Babel to Parliament Hill: How to Be a Christian in Canada Today

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