Reviews

An Orange from Portugal: Christmas Stories from the Maritimes and New foundland

Christmas tends to evoke strong feelings in all of us, and not always of the cozy yuletide kind. It is a conflict of emotion captured beautifully in this terrific, ranging collection of short fiction, memoirs, ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Clothar the Frank

By Jack Whyte

To read Jack Whyte is to surrender to a storyteller of the old school. His writing is firmly rooted in the basics of good storytelling: strong characterization, effective plotting, and excellent writing. It helps, of ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Midnight at the Dragon Café

By Judy Fong Bates

This is a terrific, page-turner of a first novel from Judy Fong Bates, who has previously published a book of short stories. Set in the 1950s, the novel tells the story of a young Chinese ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Front Yard Gardens: Growing More than Grass

By Liz Primeau

Liz Primeau knew something was wrong when she realized that insects and neighbourhood pets avoided her manicured lawn in favour of bushes and shady gardens. When she thought about it, she decided that she couldn’t ... Read More »

December 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

With Axe and Flask: The History of Persephone Township from Pre-cambrian Times to the Present

By Dan Needles

Playwright and columnist Dan Needles’ With Axe and Flask will resonate with fans of Stephen Leacock’s understated but bitingly funny tales set around the fictional town of Mariposa, Ontario. Needles, creator of the popular Wingfield ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Romantic

By Barbara Gowdy

Barbara Gowdy’s new novel is not called The Pragmatist for a reason. Its heroine, Louise Kirk, loves in a fantastic, humongous way, and with the kind of searing heat usually seen only in acetylene welding ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Covert Entry: Spies, Lies and Crimes Inside Canada’s Secret Service

By Andrew Mitrovica

In the post-9/11 climate of fear and paranoia, few voices have criticized the civil liberties abuses by agencies charged with safeguarding the security of Canadians. That may change with this remarkable exposé by reporter Andrew ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Kipligat’s Chance

By David N. Odhiambo

Vancouver writer David N. Odhiambo’s Kipligat’s Chance departs from the experimental syntax and grammar of his first novel, diss/ed banded nation, but a close attention to language also makes his second novel a forceful read. ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Making History: The Remarkable Story Behind Canada: A People’s History

By Mark Starowicz

The miniseries Canada: A People’s History was a production of unprecedented scale in Canadian broadcasting and would ultimately become one of the crowning achievements of CBC Television’s 50-year history. It was also a logistical and ... Read More »

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

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