Reviews

The Secret Life of Glenn Gould: A Genius in Love

The title of this addition to the lengthening shelf of books about Glenn Gould carries a slight suggestion of tabloid journalism. The suggestion is not altogether misplaced, given this volume’s subject matter. Many of Gould’s ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature

By Coral Ann Howells and Eva-Marie Kröller, eds.

A single-volume history of Canadian literature “from the beginnings” – which here means the first European contact with Native peoples – presents a formidable challenge. The “two women scholars” (their self-description) who have edited this ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

The STU Reader: Poetry, Prose and Fiction by St. Thomas University Writers

By Douglas Vipond and Russell A. Hunt, eds.

St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, offers a liberal arts education, which, given our current obsession with job training, is increasingly rare for post-secondary institutions. The year 2010 marks St. Thomas’s centenary, and this ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Curiosity

By Joan Thomas

The best historical novels effortlessly transport their readers back into the past, while less successful attempts bury the reader in musty research and leave the characters to gather dust. Curiosity, the sophomore effort from Winnipeg-based ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Letters from the Lost: A Memoir of Discovery

By Helen Waldstein Wilkes

We all know the appalling statistic: six million Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. But how do we make this staggering figure resonate on a personal level? Helen Waldstein Wilkes knew the number, but until ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: History

Flights of Imagination: Extraordinary Writing About Birds

By Richard Cannings, ed.

The sex lives of birds is an intriguing topic, about which most of us have little or no knowledge. Did you know, for instance, that Australian male superb fairy-wrens court their sweethearts with yellow flowers; ... Read More »

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

★ The Bird Detective: Investigating the Secret Lives of Birds

By Bridget Stutchbury; Julie Zickefoose, illus

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

★ The English Opium Eater: A Biography of Thomas de Quincey

By Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison’s The English Opium Eater, the first major biography of Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859) in more than 25 years, draws on previously unknown letters from de Quincey’s daughters and his 21-volume collected works published ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Blind Luck

By Scott Carter

Would you bet your life on luck? Risk your fortune on a coin toss or wager? In Toronto screenwriter Scott Carter’s debut novel, Dave Bolden could plausibly answer yes. When the driver of an 18-wheel ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Irrationalist

By Suzanne Buffam

The Irrationalist is Chicago-based expat Suzanne Buffam’s second collection, following her Gerald Lampert Award–winning debut, Past Imperfect. The book’s title plays on a snippet from Aristotle’s Poetics: “it is exclusively the irrational upon which the ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

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