Bio-age: Ten Steps to a Younger You

By Brad J. King and Dr. Michael A. Schmidt

The rash of health information bombarding the public can stymie anyone trying to stay or get healthy. Should we swallow supplements, exercise until we drop, or stick with Canada’s Food Guide? Some of us are ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

On Snooker: The Game and the Characters Who Play It

By Mordecai Richler

The British writer Cyril Connolly warned that “All excursions into journalism, broadcasting, propaganda and writing for the films, however grandiose, are doomed to disappointment. To put our best into these forms is another folly, since ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Another Season’s Promise: Hope and Despair in Canada’s Farm Country

By Ingeborg Boyens

The oft-repeated Canadian “farm crisis” soundbite finally gets an in-depth exploration with veteran journalist and author Ingeborg Boyens’ comprehensive overview of the problems facing the family farm. Another Season’s Promise explores the farm crisis not ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Map of Your Mind: Journeys into Creative Expression

By Maureen Jennings

Maureen Jennings takes her readers on a voyage through what will probably be uncharted territory for most – a quest to find the artist within. The Map of Your Mind is a kind of travel ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

Day of the Dog-tooth Violets

By Christina Kilbourne

The list of chapter titles in Ontario writer Christina Kilbourne’s debut novel reads like a poem: “Salted Fish, Smoked Fish, Pickled Fish”; “A Successful Excursion”; “Bad Eyes, A Son for Hamar.” That poetic sensibility carries ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Cold Fear

By Rick Mofina

When 10-year-old Paige Baker wanders off a camping trail to look for her dog, she has no idea of the danger she’s put herself in. Her parents, Doug and Emily, are so wrapped up in ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Making a Killing

By Warren Dunford

The relatively recent fad for irony – its use and misuse – can make it hard to know how to read some fiction. Like equally tricky efforts to be satirical, sometimes irony is evident, delicious, ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ditch

By Hal Niedzviecki

Voice is visceral, it’s of the guts, whereas the daily tinkering of today’s society is primarily cerebral: we think more than we feel, we count more than we sing. To find voice, when voice is ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Flesh Wounds and Purple Flowers: The Cha-cha Years

By Francisco Ibañez-Carrasco

Franciso Ibañez-Carrasco’s first novel is a beautiful and often difficult book about searching for the source of one’s humanity. Flesh Wounds and Purple Flowers follows Camilo, a strong-willed gay Chilean who escapes Santiago for Vancouver ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Sparrow Nights

By David Gilmour

David Gilmour’s latest novel may not win him a pack of new readers, but his fans will think it just fine. Sparrow Nights covers some perennial Gilmour themes – male desire and unrequited sexual obsession ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Bio-age: Ten Steps to a Younger You

On Snooker: The Game and the Characters Who Play It

Another Season’s Promise: Hope and Despair in Canada’s Farm Country

The Map of Your Mind: Journeys into Creative Expression

Day of the Dog-tooth Violets

Cold Fear

Making a Killing

Ditch

Flesh Wounds and Purple Flowers: The Cha-cha Years

Sparrow Nights

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