March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
These two new books about the Asper and Rogers media empires won’t get anywhere near as much attention as the new memoirs from Jean Chrétien and Brian Mulroney or Naomi Klein’s latest work. However, they ... Read More »
Books about ecological catastrophe can be real downers, but a sense of humour and lively writing make William Marsden’s entry into the suddenly popular category of inconvenient truths well worth a look. A journalist with ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
Since 2004, Montreal-based journalist Craig Silverman has collected and posted the most egregious media corrections on his website RegretTheError.com. In Regret the Error the book, Silverman not only assembles the highlights of this collection, but ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
After barely surviving a forced amalgamation, a mayor notorious for bone-headed remarks, and the SARS outbreak, Toronto is having a renaissance of sorts. For the last few years, the civic discourse in Toronto has veered ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
Adding to the bumper crop of books documenting recent American misdeeds are two new titles that examine the effects of Bush’s policies. For Erna Paris, The Sun Climbs Slow marks a natural progression from her ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
Adding to the bumper crop of books documenting recent American misdeeds are two new titles that examine the effects of Bush’s policies. For Erna Paris, The Sun Climbs Slow marks a natural progression from her ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
“What do any of us really know about Afghanistan?” the editors of this volume ask in their preface. Readers looking for answers to why Canada is involved, and how this faraway land continues to be ... Read More »
January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
George Tombs has made covering Conrad Black a significant part of his career. He has already written a book about the disgraced newspaper magnate entitled Shades of Black, which was published by a small firm ... Read More »
January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Recently, someone forwarded me Jim Carrey’s YouTube video in support of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi. At the same time, on TV, I watched Bill Gates introduce Don Cheadle at last year’s Davos summit. Later, ... Read More »
December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In Benoit, four wrestling journalists pen essays about the Alberta-born grappler Chris Benoit, who – in a possible fit of steroid-induced rage – murdered his wife and child before killing himself in Atlanta in June ... Read More »
December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs