Reviews

★ Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada’s Lost Promise and One Girl’s Dream

The new book by NDP MP Charlie Angus is actually worthy of all of the positive clichés of non-fiction book reviewing. The subject matter is important. The story is at times inspiring, at other times ... Read More »

August 24, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Wild Rose

By Sharon Butala

Sharon Butala’s seventh novel – and first work of fiction since the 2002 story collection Real Life – is the kind of near-perfect book that proclaims the full expression of a writer’s artistry and sensibility. ... Read More »

August 20, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Stephen Harper

By John Ibbitson

A series of curious adjectives pepper the first half of John Ibbitson's biography of Stephen Harper. “Calm.” “Measured.” “Reasonable.” These are not, safe to say, words that are commonly applied to Canada’s 22nd prime minister, ... Read More »

August 17, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

’Membering

By Austin Clarke

The July 20 issue of Maclean’s magazine features a cover article titled “Get Serious, America,” about the persistent, and apparently intractable, problems with race relations in the U.S. Written by Jonathon Gatehouse, the piece critiques ... Read More »

August 13, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life

By Colin Ellard

As anyone who grew up in a generic North American suburb knows all too well, it is possible to hate a place with a passion. So, too, is it possible to love a neighbourhood or ... Read More »

August 10, 2015 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

His Whole Life

By Elizabeth Hay

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” This is the question posed by 10-year-old Jim to his mother, Nancy, from the back seat of their old Chevette as they head north from New York City ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Generation Rising: The Time of the Québec Student Spring

By Shawn Katz

According to the authors of two new books about Quebec’s Maple Spring – the headline-generating student mobilization of 2012 – mainstream media was generally unsympathetic, if not outright hostile, to the movement, leaving citizens poorly ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

In Defiance

By Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler (trans.)

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Gold Eaters

By Ronald Wright

In the opening pages of his absorbing new novel, Ronald Wright introduces the reader to a highly advanced 16th-century society. This empire of expanding dominion boasts sophisticated, monarchial governance; large, functioning cities; and sufficient engineering ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Good as Gone: My Life with Irving Layton

By Anna Pottier

Even the healthiest romantic relationships are often fraught with difficulties, hurt feelings, and heartbreak; what initially are considered unbreakable bonds between individuals are severed by selfishness, emotional baggage, and conflicting personalities. Partnerships that commence with ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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