Shelf Monkey

A decade ago, when Oprah launched her book club juggernaut, stuffy literati worldwide – especially authors of books not chosen – knee-jerkingly condemned the idea of one person dictating what the masses should read. Those ... Read More »

May 29, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Spent

By Joe Matt

In the annals of confessional Loser Lit, few capture the minute details of their own downfall with as much glee and obsessiveness as cartoonist Joe Matt. Matt, an American who lived in Toronto for years ... Read More »

May 29, 2007 | Filed under: Graphica

Mother of Lies

By Dave Duncan

With this novel, Dave Duncan, the prolific Victoria-based science fiction and fantasy writer, brings to a close the duology begun with 2006’s Children of Chaos. Mother of Lies is a solid sequel that carries all ... Read More »

May 29, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Journeyman to Grief

By Maureen Jennings

A Journeyman to Grief is Maureen Jennings’ seventh Detective Murdoch mystery, and each has been as good as, or better than, the last. Within a few pages of her new novel we are so firmly ... Read More »

May 29, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The New Moon’s Arms

By Nalo Hopkinson

What to call Nalo Hopkinson’s new novel? Entertaining, for sure, but is it fantasy? Magic realism? An ecological cautionary tale? Or is it first and foremost the story of a tough, smart, funny, fiftysomething woman ... Read More »

May 29, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Ladies’ Lending Library

By Janice Kulyk Keefer

Janice Kulyk Keefer’s new novel starts out like something by John Updike – young mothers spending the summer at beach cottages and getting together on Friday afternoons to drink gin and to gossip about each ... Read More »

May 22, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Planet Reese

By Cordelia Strube

With this, her seventh novel, Cordelia Strube carries on with the brand of dystopic fiction that has become her trademark. The Strubian novel can be characterized thus: it has an ensemble of emotionally or physically ... Read More »

May 18, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Age of Confession: The Antonine Maillet-Northrop Frye Lecture

By Neil Bissoondath

Neil Bissoondath’s The Age of Confession was the inaugural Antonine Maillet-Northrop Frye Lecture, delivered in Moncton in April 2006 as part of the Northrop Frye Festival. The objective of this new lecture series, according to ... Read More »

May 18, 2007 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Complete Trailer Park Boys: How to Enjoy the Trailer Park Boys When Your Cable Is Out

By Matthew Sibiga, Don Wininger

A good fan guide should do two things: give devotees of a TV series a chance to revisit great characters and moments from favourite episodes, and provide background information about the show. The Complete Trailer ... Read More »

May 18, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Beyond Endurance: 300 Boats, 600 Miles, and One Deadly Storm

By Adam Mayers

In Beyond Endurance, Toronto journalist Adam Mayers tells the story of the 1979 Fastnet race, the worst tragedy in ocean racing history, through the experiences of the crews of four Canadian boats.The storm that hit ... Read More »

May 18, 2007 | Filed under: History

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