Reviews

★ Therefore Repent!

With his new graphic novel project, writer and DIY publishing pioneer Jim Munroe builds on the events of the Book of Revelation to create a bold and imaginative new world. This is by no means ... Read More »

November 12, 2007 | Filed under: Graphica

The Art of the Possible: A Handbook for Political Activism

By Amanda Sussman

The title, as well as the content, of Amanda Sussman’s guide to lobbying the federal government neatly demonstrates just how far we’ve come since the heady days of the 1960s, when “Be Realistic, Demand the ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Canadian Copyright: A Citizen’s Guide

By Laura Murray, Sam Trosow

Canadian Copyright is a timely but risky book. Its arrival falls smack between the Liberals’ failed attempt to revamp Canadian copyright law and the rumblings of an imminent Conservative foray into the same territory. If ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

My Mother’s Daughter

By Rona Maynard

Rona Maynard has deep roots in the worlds of art and storytelling. She was the editor of Chatelaine for 10 years. Before that, she worked at Maclean’s under Peter C. Newman. Her mother, Fredelle Maynard, ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

By Bret Hart

In the end, it doesn’t really matter if pro wrestling is fake or not. Because, as is made clear from Bret “Hitman” Hart’s autobiography, the athleticism required to execute wrestling’s pre-scripted entertainment is real – ... Read More »

October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Glass Voices Reviewed from bound galleys

By Carol Bruneau

Carol Bruneau writes about the interior lives of seemingly ordinary characters. In her newest novel, 71-year-old Lucy Caine is a woman few people would look at twice on the street, yet Lucy’s life has been ... Read More »

October 29, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Frozen Thames

By Helen Humphreys

In her newest book, Helen Humphreys imagines a river, and those who live on it, suspended by ice. Not just any river, but the Thames, a river that has frozen over 40 times in the ... Read More »

October 22, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

We Are Not in Pakistan

By Shauna Singh Baldwin

“Studying life everywhere is my job.” This statement, from a reporter in the opening story of Shauna Singh Baldwin’s latest collection of short fiction, reveals the author’s mission. We Are Not in Pakistan is a ... Read More »

October 15, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

A House Named Brazil

By Audrey Schulman

Nineteen-year-old Fran’s exploration of her life and her place in the world begins when her mother Gloria, who deserted her five years earlier, suddenly starts phoning every night at six o’clock. Audrey Schulman’s A House ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Well: New and Selected Poems

By Kenneth Sherman

Kenneth Sherman’s collection of new and selected poems spans more than 20 years. The new poems that open The Well reflect the writer’s maturity, his hard-won wisdom, and his sophisticated craft. The selected poems that ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Poetry

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