Memoir & Biography

Instead: Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life

While in her twenties, Maria Coffey endures not one but two life-changing events: a near-drowning in Morocco, and the tragic disappearance of her then-boyfriend, British mountaineer Joe Tasker, on the Northeast Ridge of Everest. Hoping ... Read More »

October 4, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews, Travel

When My Ghost Sings: A Memoir of Stroke, Recovery, and Transformation

By Tara Sidhoo Fraser

If such a thing as a typical amnesia memoir exists, it’s fair to say that Tara Sidhoo Fraser’s debut, When My Ghost Sings: A Memoir of Stroke, Recovery, and Transformation, is not it, though “amnesia ... Read More »

September 13, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime

By Padma Viswanathan

In 1997, Padma Viswanathan – more than decade away from the publication of her lauded debut novel, The Toss of a Lemon – secluded herself in a decommissioned tugboat docked in a Vancouver Island marina. ... Read More »

August 30, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Skid Dogs

By Emelia Symington-Fedy

“Sugar, and spice, and everything nice; / That’s what little girls are made of.” So goes the old verse that, in spite of its antiquated views on gender, remains a popular nursery rhyme. Girls have ... Read More »

August 16, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Brown Boy

By Omer Aziz

In his memoir Brown Boy, journalist, lawyer, and recent Radcliffe Fellow Omer Aziz delivers a compelling account about growing up in Canada, struggling to find his way in life as the son of Pakistani immigrants, ... Read More »

July 19, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Redemption Ground: Essays and Adventures

By Lorna Goodison

Jamaica’s former poet laureate and Queen’s Gold Medal recipient Lorna Goodison is a deeply established writer who has published 15 poetry collections, a number of short story collections, and a memoir. Redemption Ground, a collection ... Read More »

June 7, 2023 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Memoir & Biography, Poetry, Reviews

Tracking Giants: Big Trees, Tiny Triumphs, and Misadventures in the Forest

By Amanda Lewis

When Amanda Lewis, a burnt-out book editor, and “completionist,” set out to visit all the Champion trees in British Columbia, she was also tracking something lost during a “difficult” relationship with her goal-and-checklist life. Academic ... Read More »

May 24, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Science, Technology & Environment

★ The Trauma Beat: A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News

By Tamara Cherry

Hours after Kim Hancox learned that her husband, Toronto Detective Constable Bill Hancox, had been stabbed to death while on duty, reporters and camera crews began massing on her front lawn. They knocked on her ... Read More »

May 3, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Media, Memoir & Biography, Reviews

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