Reviews

Whose Bright Idea Was It? True Stories of Invention

Whose Bright Idea Was It? is a contribution to the genre of books that present us with lists of interesting, unusual, and humorous facts. It’s aimed at kids as well as “children of all ages.” ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Pocketful of Stars: Rhymes, Chants and Lap Games

By Felicity Williams, Michael Martchenko, illus.

This collection of rhymes and games is designed to help parents interact with their babies in fun and playful ways. The book includes both entirely new rhymes and new versions of old favourites like “This ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Land to Light on

By Dionne Brand

I am reading this book, Land to Light On, this collection of poetry, this history, this anger, this celebration. Or am I? I have the impression that I am not reading. I am listening. Is ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Apparatus

By Don McKay

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Two by George: Consecrated Ground and Gideon’s Blues

By George Elroy Boyd

In George Elroy Boyd’s Gideon’s Blues, Momma-Lou remembers how her husband, Poppy, used to say that this was “one nigger-hatin’ town.” I hazard a guess that it might be comforting for some Canadians’ self-image if ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

High Life

By Lee Macdougall

Neither Andrew Moodie, author of Riot, nor Lee Macdougall, who wrote High Life, had plays produced before writing these. Both men were, and are, actors who decided they wanted to write. Many people involved in ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Riot

By Andrew Moodie

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Rock, Rhythm and Reels: Canada’s East Coast Musicians on Stage

By Lee Fleming, ed.

Writing about music, mused Woody Allen, is like dancing about architecture. So in preparing Rock, Rhythm and Reels, author Lee Fleming went straight to the source to uncover the charm and passion underlying the flourishing ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Ad Men Move on Lhasa: Writing and Culture in a Virtual World

By Steven Heighton

With his new book of essays, award-winning Kingston poet and short story writer Steven Heighton joins the dark, millennial murmurings of writers like Sven Birkerts, whose 1994 Gutenberg Elegies sounded an eloquent warning knell – ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Economical Guide to Self-publishing: How to Produce and Market Your Book on a Budget

By Linda Foster Radke

The forward to Radke’s own self-publication, The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing, is written by Dan Poynter, the author of The Self-Publishing Manual. Poynter’s book is then referred to, or directly recommended, no fewer than five ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

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