A Song of Lilith

A joint project by novelist and poet Joy Kogawa and artist Lilian Broca, A Song of Lilith ($21.95 paper 1-55192-366-1, 110 pp., Polestar Book Publishers) seeks to reclaim the legendary figure of Lilith, the original ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Greg Curnoe: Life and Stuff

Greg Curnoe was one of Canadian art’s leading lights in the 1960s and ’70s. Until his untimely death in 1992, he remained a critical force for a truly Canadian art. Curnoe raised the personal to ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Creatures of the Deep

Erich Hoyt’s Creatures of the Deep ($40 cloth, 1-55209-340-9, 160 pp., Firefly Books) guides readers down through the layers of a world often imagined yet rarely seen. From surface waters to the oceans’ blackest depths, ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Rob Feenie Cooks at Lumière

By Rob Feenie

What’s the value of tone in a cookbook? By tone, I mean the figurative song delivered through design that indicates to a prospective audience that, yes, this book and its recipes are for them. Close ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

A Year in My Kitchen

By Rose Murray

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

The Complete Canadian Living Cookbook

By Elizabeth Baird, ed.

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Downhill Chance

By Donna Morrissey

Donna Morrissey’s first novel, Kit’s Law, was enthusiastically acclaimed by readers and garnered a handsome clutch of awards and nominations, making it a daunting act to follow. Downhill Chance is a near match.Its spell takes ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Pod of Orcas: A Seaside Counting Book

By Sheryl McFarlane, Kirsti Anne Wakelin, illus

A rhyming counting book is hard to execute well, but A Pod of Orcas has risen to the challenge with expert craft. Sheryl McFarlane (author of Waiting for the Whales and Jessie’s Island) starts with ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Racing the White Silence: On the Trail of the Yukon Quest

By Adam Killick

One of the many things a top-rank musher has to do during the gruelling two weeks of the Yukon Quest sled race is change between 2,000 and 3,000 booties. Booties are the small velcroed socks ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Home for Dinner: Fresh Tastes, Quick Techniques, Easy Cooking

By Lucy Waverman

The world, it seems, is chockablock with people terrified to cook. One wonders how they subsist, unable to boil a yam or sear a steak properly, but then a glance in the grocer’s freezer informs ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

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A Song of Lilith

Greg Curnoe: Life and Stuff

Creatures of the Deep

Rob Feenie Cooks at Lumière

A Year in My Kitchen

The Complete Canadian Living Cookbook

Downhill Chance

A Pod of Orcas: A Seaside Counting Book

Racing the White Silence: On the Trail of the Yukon Quest

Home for Dinner: Fresh Tastes, Quick Techniques, Easy Cooking

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