Reviews

★ Alligator

The transition from writing short fiction (especially good short fiction) to writing novel-length fiction is one fraught with peril. With her first novel, Alligator, Giller-nominated St. John’s writer Lisa Moore faces that challenge not quite ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Betrayed: The Assassination of Digna Ochoa

By Linda Diebel

Somewhere beneath the congratulatory chatter from countries who are party to free trade agreements like NAFTA is a gnawing voice of doubt and concern saying that all is not well in the new global economy. ... Read More »

October 17, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

★ Modern and Normal

By Karen Solie

Toronto-based poet Karen Solie’s sophomore collection goes a long way toward fulfilling the promise augured by her Griffin-nominated rookie hit, Short Haul Engine. Think of all the dichotomous categories into which most contemporary poetry gets ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Poetry

Carolan’s Farewell

By Charles Foran

Oliver Cromwell, during his grim subjugation of Ireland, confiscated and burned 2,500 harps and crowded the prisons with harpers. Old Ironguts was one smart tyrant: he knew that to bring a people low, he needed ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Afterlands

By Steven Heighton

It is unlikely that any field of human endeavour will surpass polar exploration in terms of the sheer number of spectacularly heroic failures it produced. Hundreds of men risked exposure, starvation, frostbite, and death in ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Trout Stanley

By Claudia Dey

In her third play, Trout Stanley, poet and playwright Claudia Dey presents Sugar and Grace Ducharme, a pair of seriously messed-up, non-identical twins burning off some hardcore bad karma. Try as they may, these girls ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Bizarre Winery Tragedy

By Lyle Neff

Bizarre Winery Tragedy is Vancouver-based literary journalist and fraud investigator Lyle Neff’s third poetry collection. As in his first two books, Neff’s voice is for the most part brash, alert, and inventive, and his subjects ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Poetry

The Burning Alphabet

By Barry Dempster

The Burning Alphabet is Brick Books editor Barry Dempster’s 10th poetry collection. In it, he renews his exploration of the dominant themes of his recent Selected Poems (sex, death, and the struggle of the individual ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Poetry

The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks

By Susan Casey; $, pp.,

There’s nothing quite like the dorsal fin of a great white shark to instill fear and highlight the timeless conflict between humans and nature. TV ratings during any given “Shark Week!” and museum attendance during ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada

By William Johnson

Stephen Harper has made a significant contribution to the development of conservative policy and politics in Canada, yet remains an unpopular figure with the majority of Canadians. Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada aims ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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