Reviews

The Philosophy of As If

Taking its name from Philosophie des Als Ob, which Hans Vaihinger published in 1911, Fraser Sutherland’s latest poetry collection draws on the German philosopher’s notion of the unknowable nature of reality and the theory that ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Bloom

By Michael Lista

There aren’t many Canadian books of poetry that are anticipated with quite so much excitement as Michael Lista’s debut, which has been the talk of the town for some time. But the book outpaces the ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

This Cake Is for the Party

By Sarah Selecky

One of the great joys of reading a collection of short fiction is the opportunity to experience a writer at play. Characters, themes, absurdities, and moods that could become overwhelming in a novel are somehow ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Hooked on Canadian Books: The Good, the Better, and the Best Canadian Novels Since 1984

By T.F. Rigelhof

T.F. Rigelhof has been a critic and enthusiast of Canadian literature for decades, long enough to pine for the days when Montreal’s The Double Hook bookstore (which closed in 2005) was a hub for a ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Canadian Century: Moving out of America’s Shadow

By Brian Lee Crowley, Jason Clemens, and Niels Veldhuis

The Canadian Century is tantamount to a manifesto for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a policy think tank for which lead author Brian Lee Crowley serves as managing director. It is a political tract that, at points, ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Restitution: A Family’s Fight for Their Heritage Lost in the Holocaust

By Kathy Kacer

With her first book for adults, prolific children’s author Kathy Kacer has chosen a very compelling story. Restitution is about Karl Reeser, a member of a prominent Jewish family who had to flee Czechoslovakia in ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: History

Keeping the Bees: Why All Bees Are at Risk and What We Can Do to Save Them

By Laurence Packer

No matter what you eat, how you dress, or where you live, your life would change for the worse if a few key insects disappeared. Although there are only a handful of pollinators among the ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23–May 5, 1945

By Mark Zuehlke

Academic military historians tend to write for other military historians, and the history of the Canadian army in the Second World War is no exception. Historians have proffered their theses on the subject without addressing ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: History

Marshall McLuhan

By Douglas Coupland

Only Douglas Coupland could have written Marshall McLuhan. In his contribution to Penguin’s Extraordinary Canadians biography series, Coupland challenges the grandiose nationalistic poise of the series, and indeed the very nature of biography itself. Employing ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Locavore: From Farmers’ Fields to Rooftop Gardens – How Canadians Are Changing the Way We Eat

By Sarah Elton

It’s nearly impossible to go to a fashionable restaurant in Canada and not encounter the local food movement. Menus these days are loaded with adjectives specifying the geographic origin or pedigree of the foods on ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Food & Drink

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