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I bought a travel guide once. It ruined me for others. Despite Venice, Italy, its focus of fascination, the book’s toothless narrative and irksome use of the pronoun we – “as we near the gondola docks…we ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

The Exile & the Sacred Travellers

By Marie-Clair Blais

There’s a tempation, once a writer becomes an icon, to publish anything they have written. Unfortunately, The Exile & the Sacred Travellers by Marie-Claire Blais gives in to that temptation. The book’s nine stories and ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Gathie Falk

By Robin Laurence et al.

When artist Gathie Falk was growing up on the Prairies, apples were rationed like candy. But from an isolated and impoverished childhood, Falk went on to a successful career in off-beat performance art, installation, sculpture, ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Angelique

By Lorena Gale

Angelique is presumably based on a historical incident in Montreal in 1734 when a young, black female slave from the Portuguese island of Madiere was publicly humiliated, hanged, and burned at the stake on suspicion ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Shadowy Technicians: New Ottawa Poets

By Rob McLennan,ed.

Shadowy Technicians is an anthology of new Ottawa poets edited by rob mclennan, which contains a selection of the editor’s own poetry. While it may strike some readers as a conspicuous act of self-love for ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

E.j. Pratt: Selected Poems

By Sandra Djwa,W. J. Keith, and Zailig Pollock, eds.

E. J. Pratt: Selected Poems is the third major work to emerge from the Pratt project. A welcome addition to the Complete Poems (1989) and the two-volume biography of the poet (1984; 1987), it makes ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Good Body

By Bill Gaston

Bob “Loose” Bonaduce returns to Fredericton, New Brunswick, to play on the same hockey team as his son, whom he abandoned 20 years ago. Loose, 40, is spurred on by his multiple sclerosis, which may ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Kidnap

By L. R. Wright

L.R. Wright’s 14th novel, Kidnap, touted as the first in a new series featuring RCMP Sergeant Edwina (Eddie) Henderson, is a low-key, low-energy, non-thriller.A middle-aged couple rent a secluded house near Sechelt on B.C.’s Sunshine ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Heartsmart Cooking for Family and Friends

By Bonnie Stern

If for some reason you want or, God forbid, need to know how many milligrams of potassium, carbohydrate fibre, or saturated fat are contained in the num-nums you serve at your next big soirée, Bonnie ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Arctic Journal II: A Time for Change

By Bern Will Brown

In Arctic Journal I, Bern Will Brown explored his initiation and early northern experiences as an Oblate priest. Volume II, subtitled A Time for Change, is Brown’s account of his life in the Northern Arctic ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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