Reviews

The Cousin

It’s a debate that rages on: is the novella a genre with distinct characteristics or simply an idiosyncratic, underutilized length? Is it a short story grown too big for its britches, or a novel run ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Harbour View

By Binnie Brennan

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Extraordinary Canadians: L.M. Montgomery

By Jane Urquhart

While not an entirely new “Anne book,” The Blythes Are Quoted is nevertheless a valuable addition to the Montgomery canon. It was the author’s final manuscript, delivered to her publishers the day she died, and ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Blythes Are Quoted

By L.M. Montgomery; L.M. Montgomery

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks 2001–2008

By Marc Bell

The most fascinating thing about Marc Bell’s Hot Potatoe is the stream-of-consciousness artistic sensibility that permeates every page, from the cover to the contents to the numerous essays within. Nonsensical words, doodles, and character drawings ... Read More »

December 21, 2009 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Pause for Breath

By Robyn Sarah

In her 2007 collection of critical writings, Little Eurekas, Robyn Sarah cites the Canada Council’s definition of a collection of poetry, which states that it must contain more than 48 pages, as being detrimental to ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

By Soraya Peerbaye

In many ways, the debut collection from Toronto-based playwright and translator Soraya Peerbaye is a typical, even generic first book, built on rather serious free-verse and prose lyrics, and anecdotes focused on family history, post-colonial ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

Meniscus

By Shane Neilson

Despite the fact that Shane Neilson has been writing and publishing poetry for some time, Meniscus is his first trade book of poems. It combines previously unpublished writing with material from earlier publications, such as ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness

By Brian Payton

For whatever reason, the 19th-century exploration, predominantly by British crews and ships, of what would become the Canadian Arctic is a big part of this country’s national mythology and cultural consciousness. The official goals of ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: History

You Can’t Say That in Canada: Canada’s Most Influential Columnist Reflects on Life, Politics, and the Pursuit of Happiness

By Margaret Wente

“Lots of people tell me that they don’t always agree with what I write but like reading me anyway,” claims Margaret Wente in the introduction to her new book, which collects columns written for The ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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