Reviews

Slow Emergencies

The cover of Nancy Huston’s new release, Slow Emergencies, announces brazenly that she is the “Winner of the Governor General’s Award for Plainsong. Well. Sort of. This kind of truth-stretch will irk those who, when ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Goldberg Variations

By Nancy Huston

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Sweat Equity: Entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada

By Allan Lynch

As veteran business writer Allan Lynch points out in his preface to Sweat Equity, Atlantic Canada is not generally perceived – either within the region or without – as a locus for economic success. Yet ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

If Wishes Were Horses

By W.P. Kinsella

Continuing his series of bestselling baseball sagas, White Rock, B.C. writer W.P. Kinsella brings nomadic pitcher Joe McCoy to the role of protagonist. Romping from bed to bed, he flops through a career of eight ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ken Thomson: Canada’s Enigmatic Billionaire

By Vic Parsons

Author Vic Parsons, a veteran journalist who spent six years with Thomson Newspapers, doesn’t hide his disdain for Canada’s richest capitalist, a reclusive press baron whose life bears little resemblance to that of the average ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Gifts to Last: Christmas Stories from the Maritimes and Newfoundland

By selected by Walter Learning

The broadcast industry has perfected the rerun, so we shouldn’t be surprised book publishers are following suit. They’ve put their own spin on the strategy, but the basic idea is the same: if something sells ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

When We Were Young: A Collection of Canadian Stories

By selected by Stuart McLean

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

The Pig and the Python: How to Prosper from the Aging Baby Boom

By David Cork with Susan Lightstone

The Pig and the Python is a fictionalized guide to investment advice that aims to emulate the folksy down-home style of The Wealthy Barber. Taking the effects of the baby-boomer bulge on consumer trends as ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

★ Cereus Blooms at Night

By Shani Mootoo

Mala Ramchandin, an old woman living on the island of Lantanacamara, is brought to the Paradise Alms House one night under restraints. Her gay nurse, Tyler, relates the old woman’s scandalous history. Having just returned ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

★ Sunnybrook: A True Story with Lies…

By Persimmon Blackbridge

Until Sunnybrook, visual artist Persimmon Blackbridge wrote as part of a team, often exploring mental health and anti-censorship issues. Her co-authored books include Still Sane, the postcard book Drawing the Line: Lesbian Sexual Politics on ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Prev 470 471472473 474....697 698 Next