Reviews

Poor Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion

Social crises in Canada usually spawn a bumper crop of books by policy experts, academics, and journalists, but few of these scribes write from first-hand experience. Jean Swanson’s take on poverty is a well-documented study ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Exploded View

By Jean McKay

There is no doubt that Jean McKay had an epiphany of sorts when she wrote her latest offering, Exploded View. In this collection of entries exploring the reading and writing life, every letter of the ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Last Taboo: A Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canada

By Scott Simmie and Julia Nunes

When veteran journalist Scott Simmie suffered a nervous breakdown after a prolonged manic episode, he got a first-hand look at the Canadian mental health care system and the ongoing stigma of being labelled “crazy.” Friends ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft

By Ross Laird

In Grain of Truth, Ross Laird uses his myriad craft projects as a vehicle to explore craft as a metaphor for self-awareness. Dividing his ruminations into eight sections titled after the essential symbols of Taoism, ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Rope in the Water: A Pilgrimage to India

By Sylvia Fraser

Author Sylvia Fraser’s life story is the florid stuff of daytime TV. Previously she’s chronicled her recovered memories of incest (My Father’s House) and her quirky supernatural experiences (The Book of Strange). The Rope in ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

A Biographical Dictionary of the World’s Assassins

By George Fetherling

It was just over 20 years ago that John Lennon was killed, one in a long line of assassinations that shaped both the 20th century and the contemporary psyche (while the old maxim of remembering ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Planet Earth: The Newest Weapon of War

By Rosalie Bertell

With the election of George W. Bush provoking renewed international concern about plans to launch a Star Wars military program, Rosalie Bertell has produced a timely call to action on the dangers the military poses ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

★ Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion and Romantic Obsession

By Rosemary Sullivan

Romantic obsession is one of those wickedly tricky subjects that easily lead to a badly written swamp of pitiful sentiment – but not in the discerning hands of veteran biographer Rosemary Sullivan. Turning her attention ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Open Arms

By Marina Endicott

Bessie Smith, the narrator of Open Arms, the first novel by Saskatchewan writer and playwright Marina Endicott, is a young woman with some troubling role models. Her father, an award-winning poet, left her and her ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Jasmine Man

By Lola Lemire Tostevin

Writers like Lola Lemire Tostevin resist the ordinary and predictable in sentences and plots. While she hasn’t sold a zillion books, Tostevin has enjoyed a fine reputation as a thinking, feeling, inventive crafter of fiction ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

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