Reviews

Bloody Jack

Dennis Cooley’s Bloody Jack uses the story of Manitoba outlaw John Krafchenko as the launching pad for a playful and seemingly lawless exploration of poetry and language. First published in 1984, the book was an ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

The Coasts of Canada: A History

By Lesley Choyce

In The Coasts of Canada, Nova Scotia author, television host, and teacher Lesley Choyce puts a slightly different focus on Canada’s history by concentrating on the country’s three coasts. Much of the country’s history occurred ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: History

Concrete and Wild Carrot

By Margaret Avison

With her latest poetry collection, Concrete and Wild Carrot, 84-year-old Margaret Avison has once again proven she is a poet who should not be marginalized or forgotten. The poems here are deceptively accessible but open ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

I Stand for Canada: The Story of the Maple Leaf Flag

By Rick Archbold

Post baby-boom Canadians probably have no idea that the adoption of the official red maple-leaf flag in 1965 followed a fractious, decades-long debate both inside and outside of Parliament. Diefenbaker’s Conservatives, representing the majority of ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

The Paperboy’s Winter

By Tim Bowling

Poet Tim Bowling’s intensely interiorized story of 10-year-old Callum Taylor often reads more like a personal memoir than a typical coming-of-age novel, which is both a good and a bad thing. The intense memories of ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Real Stories from the Rink

By Brian McFarlane, Steve Nease, illus.

After 27 years as a colour commentator for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada and writing 50 books on the country’s favourite obsession, Brian McFarlane has quite a collection of anecdotes about the game. In Real ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: History

Nasty Business: One Biker Gang’s Bloody War Against the Hells Angels

By Peter Paradis

In the early 1990s, 28-year-old coke dealer Peter Paradis staked out sales territory in Montreal’s Verdun district and proceeded to make a small fortune. Paradis eventually got heavily into his own merchandise, and started living ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

All in Good Time

By Brian Tobin with John Lawrence Reynolds

Brian Tobin is a rarity in Canada: an ex-politician who many people wish would return to the political arena. Indeed, since his departure from the legislative arena, the man many people called “the Tobinator” has ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Croatia: Travels in an Undiscovered Country

By Tony Fabijancic

Tony Fabijancic, a Canadian educator and writer with Croatian roots, forgoes the usual blend of ethnography, historical writing, and travel journalism in this short, sweet examination of Croatian culture.The eloquent opening chapter focuses on the ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

The Original Canadian City Dweller’s Almanac: Facts, Rants, Anecdotes and Unsupported assertions for Urban Residents

By Hal Niedzviecki and Darren Wershler-Henry

In answer to the ongoing success of The Farmer’s Almanac for rural readers comes The Original Canadian City Dweller’s Almanac, a quirky, occasionally amusing potpourri of facts, rants, and anecdotes for theurban global villager. Like ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

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