Dying for Veronica

Early in Dying for Veronica, Matthew Remski’s more-gothic-than-Catholic, guilt-ridden first novel, the author writes: “The room filled with the light you see when the purple curtains of your confessional cleave open like the dress of ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Gaff Topsails

By Patrick Kavanagh

It’s a formidable task for any novelist to capture the essence of a particular culture in a single work of fiction, and for a first novelist, the undertaking usually results in a work of unfortunate ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Disorder of Love

By Karen Connelly

With The Disorder of Love, her third collection of poetry, Calgary native Karen Connelly maps the often-rocky terrain of romantic and familial relationships. Divided into three sections, the book contains poems set in Greece and ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Diamonds Forever: Reflections from the Field, the Dugout and the Bleachers

By W.P. Kinsella, ed.

W. P. Kinsella’s baseball novels belong in the Hall of Fame. But this collection of well-known baseball quotes and stories, of which Kinsella was the editor, generates about as much excitement as a late-season game ... Read More »

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

Villeneuve: My First Season in Formula 1

By Jacques Villeneuve with Gerald Donaldson

The Canadian passion for Formula 1 racing, largely dormant since Gilles Villeneuve’s fatal crash in 1982, was suddenly reawakened last year when a small, quiet, almost scholarly young Québécois made his spectacular debut at the ... Read More »

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

School Campout (Shooting Star series)

By Becky Citra

Mr. Foster’s Grade 3 class is going on a camping trip. Everyone thinks it’s a great idea – everyone except David, who is terrified. What if they get lost? What if there are bears? To ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

Your Own ABC

By Marcie Baron, June Bradford, illus.

Marcie Baron has taken the standard ABC colouring book and dressed it up, creating a spiral-bound, keepsake photo and art album for today’s book buyer who demands over-the-top production. Under each letter of the alphabet ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Silver Threads

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Michael Martchenko, illus.

Politics and picture books make uneasy bedfellows and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch in Silver Threads has not altogether succeeded in compressing the complexities of history into a brief story for young children. She does successfully create ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Boy Soup

By Loris Lesynski

Back when I was a living, breathing, and frequently underprepared children’s librarian I used to keep a stash of surefire, one-size-fits-all picture books for last-minute emergency storytimes. Included in this stash was Jim and the ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jacob’s Best Sisters

By Teddy Jam, Joanne Fitzgerald, illus.

What an irresistible idea for a picture book. Jacob comes home from school to find a mysterious package. While chomping on a bowl of Chocky Chocko Good Grain Nutflakes, he remembers that he had sent ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

Dying for Veronica

Gaff Topsails

The Disorder of Love

Diamonds Forever: Reflections from the Field, the Dugout and the Bleachers

Villeneuve: My First Season in Formula 1

School Campout (Shooting Star series)

Your Own ABC

Silver Threads

Boy Soup

Jacob’s Best Sisters

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