Pleased to Meet You

There are a large number of people who just don’t like short stories, who find tales of a dozen pages or so, one after the other, too distracting. They want to sink their teeth into ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Communist’s Daughter

By Dennis Bock

Telling a fictional story from the point of view of a well-known Canadian figure is a risky venture, especially when much of the story takes place on the battlefields of Europe and China. When many ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Custodian of Paradise

By Wayne Johnston

In The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, his acclaimed 1999 novel fashioned loosely around the life of Joey Smallwood, Wayne Johnston created a brilliant foil for the undersized premier in the towering character of Sheilagh Fielding. ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Walking After Midnight: A Journey Through Murder, Justice and Forgiveness

By Katy Hutchison

It was an unthinkable tragedy that made national headlines. Partway through the evening of December 31, 1997, Bob McIntosh left his wife Katy, his two children, and their friends to check on a teen house ... Read More »

September 11, 2006 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Fighter

By Craig Davidson

Craig Davidson’s previous book, Rust and Bone, was an aversive, acerbic, often bitterly funny collection of stories that explored the extent to which desperate men will go to find some semblance of meaning in their ... Read More »

September 5, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Abode of Love: Growing Up in a Messianic Cult

By Kate Barlow

Kate Barlow’s memoir is as full of secrets as Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, yet as cozy as an Enid Blyton story. Told largely from the point of view of Barlow as a bright ... Read More »

August 21, 2006 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Gargoyles

By Bill Gaston

The image of the gargoyle that presides over the 12 stories in this compelling and highly original collection by Giller-nominated author Bill Gaston is an apt one. The stony fixity of the gargoyle is akin ... Read More »

August 14, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Garneau Block

By Todd Babiak

Edmonton – we know what it isn’t, so what is it? It’s not Sin City, Fun City, Naked City, or the Motor City; it isn’t a city of gold, angels, or light. There’s the oil ... Read More »

August 8, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dead Cold

By Louise Penny

Louise Penny received a great deal of praise from some very impressive sources for her first novel, Still Life. After reading Dead Cold, her second effort, I can safely say that much more praise is ... Read More »

July 31, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Satanic Purses: Money, Myth, and Misinformation in the War on Terror

By R.T. Naylor

Five years into the War on Terror, it’s remarkable how few credible voices have questioned the operating assumptions of an enterprise that Pentagon generals ominously warn will carry on for the rest of our lives. ... Read More »

July 24, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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