Reviews

Editing Canadian English (2nd Edition)

It’s a family legend that my husband married me because I could spell and I knew how to punctuate. With the advent of computer spellchecks, he’s joked occasionally that my usefulness is somewhat diminished these ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Light-crossing

By Michael Redhill

Given the busy year he’s had – publishing his first novel, producing a play, editing Brick magazine through an impressive reformatting, and fathering his second son – one might forgive Michael Redhill for being off ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

Selling Online: How to Become a Successul E-commerce Merchant in Canada

By Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead

Some people believe the World Wide Web will usher in a new era of peace and social justice. Some say it’s the greatest invention since the taming of fire. Others say simply, “Let’s go shopping!” ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Vixen

By Lynette D’anna

Readers with an insatiable thirst for darkness and depravity might enjoy Vixen, Lynette D’anna’s novel that explores an obsessive relationship in several short vignettes. Those wishing to avoid another trip to the literary circle of ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Place

By Geoffrey James

Toronto photographer Geoffrey James recently won the Roloff Beny Award – and a cool $30,000 – for Paris, his portrait of the changing face of the City of Lights. In Place, James explores the humbler, ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

★ Emma’s Hands

By Mary Swan

It’s not often Alice Munro offers a quote to promote an emerging writer, but after delving into the pages of Emma’s Hands, Mary Swan’s stellar first collection of short stories, it’s easy to see why ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig’s War Against Big Oil

By Andrew Nikiforuk

Strong personalities evoke strong reactions. Alberta farmer Wiebo Ludwig has been portrayed as a tireless campaigner against the depredations of big oil and a homicidal terrorist, as a religious patriarch who only wants to protect ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Sink: Money Laundering, Organized Crime and Canada’s Caribbean

By Jeffrey Robinson

Jeffrey Robinson’s The Sink is a follow-up to his 1996 bestseller The Laundrymen, which looked at the bankers, accountants, and other seemingly upstanding functionaries who aid and abet a multi-trillion-dollar dirty economy that ranks second ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Very Lonely Planet: Love, Sex, and the Single Guy

By Ryan Bigge

Not having been a single guy for over a dozen years, I read Ryan Bigge’s A Very Lonely Planet with considerable interest. By the time I was finished, I was almost overcome with a desire ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Reference

The Trouble with Islam: A Wake-up Call for Honesty and Change

By Irshad Manji

In The Trouble with Islam, broadcaster and commentator Irshad Manji calls for a revival of ijtihad, the Koran’s tradition of independent thinking. Manji, a Muslim of Indian origin who immigrated to Canada from Uganda in ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

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