January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
It would seem that a new definition of “family” is needed in the 21st century, and the contribution of the gay community here would be welcome. The topic of legal gay marriage raises some interesting ... Read More »
It is difficult to feel sympathy for someone who voluntarily became a Nazi spy, expected to rat on neighbours, schoolmates, and priests, possibly resulting in their imprisonment or worse. But what if the position was ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
In light of sweeping new police powers approved by the Canadian government last fall, Spying 101 is a timely and valuable document of a shameful chapter in Canadian history. Many readers will be shocked to ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History
The Stratford Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, so books about its history are virtually guaranteed a good sale, even if they serve simply to decorate coffee tables as a sign of cultural ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
The Stratford Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, so books about its history are virtually guaranteed a good sale, even if they serve simply to decorate coffee tables as a sign of cultural ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In the mid-1990s, former Toronto mayor and left-wing political columnist John Sewell conducted an indefatigable (but ultimately unsuccessful) campaign against the amalgamation of the city’s municipal governments. He peppered his criticism of the province’s proposal ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction
There aren’t many secrets revealed in The Secret Language of Girls. But, then again, I’m a girl, making me privy, I suppose, to these secrets. The book is the fourth from Josey Vogels, a Canadian ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
There’s something about the experience of grieving that memoirs capture particularly well. Perhaps because grief is so little understood, so socially difficult, and because it can take such a surprisingly long time to overcome, the ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
There’s something about the experience of grieving that memoirs capture particularly well. Perhaps because grief is so little understood, so socially difficult, and because it can take such a surprisingly long time to overcome, the ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
She’s no Stephen King. And she’s no John Robert Colombo (author of a series of books about haunted Ontario). Yet this chilling memoir by Dorah Williams, an ordinary housewife and mother of three, still manages ... Read More »
January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography