The Essential Travis Lane

This twofold celebration of the poetry of M. Travis Lane is the brainchild of doctor/poet Shane Neilson. These are the first of four books detailing Lane’s poetics and career. How Thought Feels is a book ... Read More »

December 21, 2015 | Filed under: Poetry

How Thought Feels: The Poetry of M. Travis Lane

By Shane Neilson; ed.

December 21, 2015 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

By Troy Little

It’s been 45 years since Raoul Duke travelled across America with his attorney to cover a Las Vegas motorcycle race, only to lose himself in a drug-crazed miasma of trashed hotel rooms and a savage ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Graphica

Carry Me

By Peter Behrens

Peter Behrens is a Montreal-bred writer of Irish descent who has taught in California and currently divides his time between Maine and Texas. In his fiction, this roving biography finds expression in acute attention to ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Literary Storefront: The Glory Years, Vancouver’s Literary Centre, 1978–1985

By Trevor Carolan

“When i think of Storefront I think of Gastown and the smell of patchouli and dope,” writes Sharon Thesen, “ … and a great caring for poetry. It was where I did my first reading.” ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: History

Sold Down the Yangtze: Canada’s Lopsided Investment Deal with China

By Gus Van Harten

Sold Down the Yangtze, by Osgoode Hall law professor Gus Van Harten, is an incredibly in-depth treatment of a very complex and potentially important issue – but that doesn’t make it a good book. An ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Ten Women

By George Bowering

First, there is the matter of the title. George Bowering’s story collection does indeed comprise 10 stories, each designated by a woman’s name, but only two and a half of them focus directly on the ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians

By Gordon Laxer

Perhaps able to foresee that even the longest federal election campaign in Canadian history would fail to prioritize the serious consequences of climate change, University of Alberta professor emeritus Gordon Laxer has gone ahead and ... Read More »

December 15, 2015 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown

By Adam Shoalts

In his recent biography of Roald Amundsen, The Last Viking, Stephen R. Bown describes the Norwegian explorer’s awareness of living at a time when the window for achieving greatness in an expeditionary context was closing. ... Read More »

December 14, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Science, Technology & Environment

Franklin’s Lost Ship: The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus

By Alanna Mitchell; John Geiger

In 1845, legendary British naval officer and explorer Sir John Franklin led two ships on an expedition from England in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. The ships and their crew of 129 people were ... Read More »

December 14, 2015 | Filed under: History

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