Reviews

That Other Beauty

The rural life of a Mennonite community in Southern Ontario forms the backdrop to Karen Enns’ debut collection. At once lush and spare – evidence of mentor Patrick Lane’s influence is very much apparent – ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

Eating Chinese: Culture on the Menu in Small Town Canada

By Lily Cho

Turning a Ph.D. thesis into a general interest book has its challenges. If a dissertation is written for a group of examiners, particularly in an area as abstract as cultural studies, what appears on the ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Random Acts of Culture: Reclaiming Art and Community in the 21st Century

By Clarke Mackey

Modern life is fraught with paradoxes that can be soul-draining. We’re surrounded by labour-saving devices, but none of us has any time. Cultural artifacts present themselves on every screen, small or large, while time-honoured cultural ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Sanctuary Line

By Jane Urquhart

It is not a fictional location, but in Jane Urquhart’s hands, Southern Ontario has become an entire imagined world, much like Thomas Hardy’s Wessex or William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County. Urquhart returns once again to this ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie

By Tim Cook

Sir Sam Hughes and Sir Arthur Currie, lifted out of obscurity by the First World War, occupy very different places in the pantheon of great Canadians. Hughes – the abrasive, unstable Minister of Militia and ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Breakfast at the Exit Café: Travels Through America

By Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds

In December 2006, husband and wife Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds decided to take the long way home from Vancouver to Ontario. Anxious to avoid winter driving, and eager to experience America – a nation ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Home Free: The Myth of the Empty Nest

By Marni Jackson

There was a time, not so very long ago, when the idea of a young adult moving back in with his or her parents after leaving home to pursue an education, adventure, or gainful employment ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

One Bird’s Choice: A Year in the Life of an Overeducated, Underemployed Twenty-something Who Moves Back Home

By Iain Reid

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

The Bourgeois Empire

By Evie Christie

Jules, the protagonist of Toronto poet Evie Christie’s debut novel, is a successful lawyer with a wife and kids, but he’s also lonely, bored, and saddled with a porn addiction. To make matters worse, his ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

How Should a Person Be?

By Sheila Heti

Relationships between identity, creativity, and friendship are explored in a humorous and intelligent – if somewhat monochromatic – manner in Toronto-based Sheila Heti’s new novel. Heti, who previously produced a novel (2005’s Ticknor) and short ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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