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Make Believe Love

By Lee Gowan

“Quirky” is one of those overused words, right up there with “dot-com” and “extreme.” But Lee Gowan’s first novel, Make Believe Love, really does deserve the epithet. You’ve got Joan, the wiseass, sexy librarian; Jason, ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Miss Smithers

By Susan Juby

My first exposure to the genre of junior chick-lit happened in an airport departure lounge. The girl sitting across from me was engrossed in her book. She was a tidy girl, ten-something, with a tidy ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

On Abducting the ‘Cello

By Wayne Clifford

While still a University of Toronto student, Wayne Clifford shared the 1967 E.J. Pratt Award with Michael Ondaatje. He was present at the creation of Coach House Press, and has written 10 previous books, including ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Camber: Selected Poems

By Don McKay

Much of Don McKay’s work over the last 20 years, collected here in Camber, reconfigures the traditionally lyrical response of a poet to the natural, or non-human, world. Where a Romantic poet might be left ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry