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Wild Dogs

Helen Humphreys’ fourth novel, Wild Dogs, sure to be a hit with canine lovers everywhere, launches with a bold and poetic narrative voice. It is Alice, describing the circumstances of six strangers who’ve bonded over ... Read More »

October 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Spine

By K.I. Press

In the marketing materials that accompany Toronto poet K.I. Press’s second book of poetry, Spine, Gaspereau Press has included several “study questions” that reviewers may want to use to discuss this book. Though the questions ... Read More »

October 18, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Second Tree: Of Clones, Chimeras, and Quests for Immortality

By Elaine Dewar

Newspapers try to track the latest developments from the seemingly fantastic world of genetic science: cloned sheep, genetically modified food, in vitro fertilization (IVF), stem cell research. It’s a brave new world. Biologists are in ... Read More »

October 18, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

A Lover’s Quarrel

By Carmine Starnino

Montreal poet, editor, and critic Carmine Starnino is a lonely brave voice in a milquetoast milieu. To readers panting in a critical desert of “joylessness and phrasal drabness” he offers “ebullience, ardency and verve.” He ... Read More »

October 18, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

’67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory and the End of an Empire

By Damien Cox and Gord Stellick

With all the grumbling going on among hockey fans these days about greedy players and even greedier owners, ’67 is just what the doctor ordered: a nostalgic look back at one of the legendary squads ... Read More »

October 12, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

A Reading Diary: A Year of Favourite Books

By Alberto Manguel

Alberto Manguel’s latest literary offering takes readers through a year of rereading some of this ever erudite and eclectic reader’s favourite books. Between June 2002 and May 2003, Manguel explored such unlikely literary bedfellows as ... Read More »

October 4, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

I’ll Tell You a Secret: A Memory of Seven Summers

By Anne Coleman

Anne Coleman has a secret: as a teen she was in love with the much older, much lauded Canadian author Hugh MacLennan. She got to know him over seven summers in the 1950s, when they ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ There Is a Season: A Memoir in a Garden

By Patrick Lane

A drinker for most of his adult life, Patrick Lane has been a gardener for even longer. At the beginning of this memoir he has been sober for months, by its end for over a ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

No Man’s River

By Farley Mowat

In May of this year Farley Mowat turned 83. His latest book, No Man’s River, shows that the grand old man of Canadian adventure writing hasn’t lost his touch. This is a first-person account of ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Life Sentences: Memoirs of an Incorrigible Canadian

By Keith Spicer

Keith Spicer has never been afraid to speak up. As commissioner of official Languages he preached the benefits of bilingualism to a wary nation. As CRTC Chairman he convinced resistant broadcasters to end violent children’s ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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Wild Dogs

Spine

The Second Tree: Of Clones, Chimeras, and Quests for Immortality

A Lover’s Quarrel

’67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory and the End of an Empire

A Reading Diary: A Year of Favourite Books

I’ll Tell You a Secret: A Memory of Seven Summers

★ There Is a Season: A Memoir in a Garden

No Man’s River

Life Sentences: Memoirs of an Incorrigible Canadian

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