Reviews

Creamsicle Stick Shivs

The notes in the back of John Stiles’s second poetry collection tell us that “the poems in this book have been performed in clubs and bars and cafés in Toronto and London, England.” This emphasis ... Read More »

July 17, 2006 | Filed under: Poetry

Tacoma Narrows

By Mitchell Parry

With this auspicious debut collection, B.C. writer and teacher Mitchell Parry demonstrates an ear for the richness of language, an earthy, solid poetics, and a keen insight into emotional truths both large and small. Tacoma ... Read More »

July 17, 2006 | Filed under: Poetry

Remembering Women Murdered by Men: Memorials Across Canada

By The Cultural Memory Group

From its title through to its conclusion, this book is intended as an act of cultural and political resistance, not only to the violence done to women at the hands of men, but also against ... Read More »

July 17, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies & the Coca Cola Company: The Origins of Modern Holidays

By Gabriella Kalapos

Most of us don’t have the time or the inclination to learn the historical roots of our holidays. A day off from the modern, cubicle-infested workplace is its own explanation and justification. Gabriella Kalapos has ... Read More »

July 17, 2006 | Filed under: History

Strange Ghosts

By Darren Greer

Strange Ghosts, the new book from Darren Greer, whose novel Still Life with June was awarded the 2004 ReLit Award, is a collection of 16 recent essays that run the gamut from travel pieces to ... Read More »

July 17, 2006 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

No One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart: The Surprising Deceptions of Individual Choice

By Tom Slee

Anyone who has tried to shepherd a child through the endless rows of toys in a department store with the proviso that only one item may be purchased knows the emotional devastation that an be ... Read More »

July 17, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness

By Brian Payton

Vancouver nature writer and novelist Brian Payton returns to familiar ground with his new non-fiction title, Shadow of the Bear. Travelling to all corners of the planet where bears are found he delves into the ... Read More »

July 11, 2006 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Sea of Faith: Christianity and Islam in the Medieval Mediterranean World

By Stephen O’Shea

Having introduced the general reader to the Albigensian Crusade in The Perfect Heresy, journalist and historian Stephen O’Shea now expands his vision to encompass the history of the first thousand years of two of the ... Read More »

July 11, 2006 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Home of Sudden Service

By Elizabeth Bachinsky

It’s rare to encounter a book of poetry that so nimbly balances accessibility and craft as this second collection by Elizabeth Bachinsky. Drawing on apparently vast reserves of hipster angst, Bachinsky portrays the struggles of ... Read More »

July 10, 2006 | Filed under: Poetry

Way Out There: The Best of explore

By James Little, ed.

The outdoor adventure community in Canada (if those who enjoy traipsing through our country’s solitudes can really be called a community) is small; the community of those who write about such adventures is even smaller. ... Read More »

July 5, 2006 | Filed under: Reference

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