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The Taste of a Man

By Slavenka Drakulic,Christina Pribichevich Zoric, trans.

Call it the revenge of the edible woman. Almost 30 years after Margaret Atwood’s Marian McAlpin baked a cake in the shape of a gal – complete with bright pink icing dress and chocolate curls ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Writing Romance

By Vanessa Grant

For the romance-novel addict who’s always dreamed of becoming an author, or the writer who wants to conquer the genre romance form, this guide will make the transition from reading to writing seem more inviting ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Double Drink Story: My Life with Dylan Thomas

By Caitlin Thomas

For a world drunk on a cocktail of cyber-irony – millennial fever mixed with a distrust of history and nostalgia – the poetry of the first half of this century has become a large and ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Byron: The Flawed Angel

By Phyllis Grosskurth

Whatever one’s opinion of his epic poems “Childe Harold” and “Don Juan,” or of his innumerable lesser outpourings, Lord Byron set the modern standard for heroism that remains visible in much of today’s literature, cinema, ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640–1655

By Patricia Simpson

“The life of Marguerite Bourgeoys can tell us something about relationships between men and women in society and in the church, about contacts between North Americans of native and non-native origin, about the treatment of ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Leaky Iron Boat: Nursing an Old Barge Through Holland, Belgium and France

By Hart Massey, Joe Weissman, illus.

It is one thing to suffer the hardships of travel in order to get a glimpse of the unknown and the exotic. But for Hart Massey – architect, metalworker, son of a Governor General, and ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises and Realities

By Eric S. Grace

With the controversy over the recent creation of Dolly, the Scottish sheep cloned from the cells of another sheep’s udder, a comprehensive book on biotechnology could be a welcome addition to bookstore shelves. Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed

By Palmiro Campagna

It’s difficult to assess a UFO book critically. The standards in this genre are not the usual ones for non-fiction, if only because the line between fact and fiction blurs considerably in UFO lore. Some ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Suggestive Poses: Artists and Critics Respond to Censorship

By Lorraine Johnson, ed.

This anthology presents a range of takes on and experiences with censorship in recent Canadian history, most of them by people who have been on the cultural “front lines.” From John Greyson’s preface “Don’t Cry ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Reworking Success: New Communities at the Millennium

By Robert Theobald

The annual Massey Lectures series is traditionally an opportunity for a prominent thinker – Ursula Franklin, Charles Taylor, Conor Cruise O’Brien – to hold forth on complex issues that seem to defy concise, coherent treatment. ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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Quill and Quire

The Taste of a Man

Writing Romance

Double Drink Story: My Life with Dylan Thomas

Byron: The Flawed Angel

Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640–1655

The Leaky Iron Boat: Nursing an Old Barge Through Holland, Belgium and France

Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises and Realities

The UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed

Suggestive Poses: Artists and Critics Respond to Censorship

Reworking Success: New Communities at the Millennium

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