Reviews

Black Loyalists: Southern Settlers of Nova Scotia’s First Free Black Community

At the outset of the American Revolution, the British governor of Virginia issued a proclamation declaring that slaves of American rebels would be freed if they joined royal forces attempting to restore order. This was ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: History

The History of Montréal: The Story of a Great North American City

By Paul-André Linteau; Peter McCambridge, trans.

Paul-André Linteau’s history of Montreal is such a slim volume, written in such plain language, it runs the risk of being dismissed as a primer. But that would underestimate the author’s ability to distill crucial ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: History

Free Magic Secrets Revealed

By Mark Leiren-Young

In his new memoir, Mark Leiren-Young, winner of the 2009 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, reminisces about six months in the late 1970s when he and a group of friends, backed (at least initially) by ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Still Hunting

By Martin Hunter

Director and playwright Martin Hunter, who turns 80 this year, pops up almost everywhere in Canadian stage history and frequently in the arts world generally. Readers of Still Hunting, a companion to his 2008 memoir, ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Memory of Water

By Allen Smutylo

“Since childhood I’ve been both drawn to water and frightened by it,” writes Allen Smutylo, a Canadian adventurer, writer, and artist who has spent 40 years of his professional life exploring the extremes of the ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Writing Life: Journals 1975–2005

By George Fetherling; Brian Busby, ed.

George (formerly Doug) Fetherling has been a fixture on the CanLit scene for nearly half a century. During a prolific and wide-ranging career that has included significant ties to Toronto, Kingston, and Vancouver, Fetherling has ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Legacy of Tiananmen Square

By Michel Cormier; Jonathan Kaplansky, trans.

Given China’s undeniable importance on the world stage, it is not surprising that a robust literature on this complex country is emerging. Of particular interest to Western observers is the Communist Party’s seeming success at ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: History

Down the Drain: How We Are Failing to Protect Our Water Resources

By Ralph Pentland and Chris Wood

Except for hundreds of First Nations communities perpetually suffering under boil-water alerts, it’s doubtful most Canadians know much about the source and safety of their tap water. That will change if they read Down the ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Last Temptation of Bond

By Kimmy Beach

Which is your favourite James Bond? Is it the smirking, swaggering, explosively violent man portrayed by Sean Connery? George Lazenby’s deceptively good-humoured detective? Daniel Craig’s intense and barely controllable rogue agent? Or is it the ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Poetry

Liquidities: Vancouver Poems Then and Now

By Daphne Marlatt

Liquidities: Vancouver Poems Then and Now extends a project Daphne Marlatt began over 40 years ago with the 1972 publication of Vancouver Poems. Liquidities includes a reprinting of the earlier poems – some revised and ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Poetry

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