Reviews

Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson and the Remarkable Story of the Hudson’s Bay Company

The boundaries of Canada as we know them today cannot be understood without discussing the influence of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Given that the HBC’s territory once covered one-twelfth of the world’s land, the company ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Pure Food: How to Shop, Cook and Have Fun in Your Kitchen Every Day

By Christine Cushing

Christine Cushing, a Torontonian with a history as a restaurant cook and food educator, hosted Christine Cushing Live on the Food Network and Dish It Out on the Life Network. She also produces a line ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Dish Entertains: Everyday Simple to Special Occasions

By Trish Magwood

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Robber Baron: Lord Black of Crossharbour

By George Tombs

George Tombs has made covering Conrad Black a significant part of his career. He has already written a book about the disgraced newspaper magnate entitled Shades of Black, which was published by a small firm ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Top 100 Canadian Albums

By Bob Mersereau

The message of this book, by CBC New Brunswick arts reporter Bob Mersereau, is that Canada loves rock to the point of genre exclusivity. Quoth Neil Young – who has eight albums on the list ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Can I Have a Word With You?

By Howard Richler

Though these two engaging new word books should set logophiles atwitter, their broad appeal and lack of pretension make them attractive to a far broader audience as well. In Can I Have a Word with ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer’s Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia

By Charles Hodgson

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

How the Dead Dream

By Lydia Millet

The hero of novelist Lydia Millet’s latest moral fantasy is named Thomas, but his mother and almost everyone else call him “T.” He isn’t an Everyman, but he is a modern type, a young Californian ... Read More »

January 14, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

At a Loss for Words

By Diane Schoemperlen

Diane Schoemperlen is the author of one of the best collections of short stories ever published in Canada, 1998’s Forms of Devotion. Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction in 1998, the book ... Read More »

January 7, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Celebrity Diplomacy

By Andrew F. Cooper

Recently, someone forwarded me Jim Carrey’s YouTube video in support of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi. At the same time, on TV, I watched Bill Gates introduce Don Cheadle at last year’s Davos summit. Later, ... Read More »

December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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