In his third collection of poetry, The Hunter, George Murray presents a disturbing image of the end of the world. Focused through the double lens of history and prophecy, Murray’s apocalyptic vision delivers a judgment ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry
The influenza epidemic after the First World War was the deadliest outbreak on record, killing an estimated 20 to 40 million people in one year. Kirsty Duncan, a geographer at the University of Windsor, became ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Writers who stray from the pro-George W. Bush bandwagon are finding a growing readership eager for analysis that transcends the good/evil dichotomy that marks much media coverage of recent world events. Among those writers is ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: History
Michael Redhill’s literary trajectory from poet to playwright to fiction writer is a common enough pattern in this country, but his level of accomplishment is exceptional. Short-listed for a Governor General’s Award in 2001 for ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
It is the year 1989, and Izzy Schneider, age 78, has flown back to Toronto from his bungalow in Florida to attend the funeral of his best friend Phil Lewis (born Fishel Lubinsky), age 66, ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
A novel narrated by a 15-year-old girl is an obvious candidate for young adult readers, and Lesley Krueger’s third novel, The Corner Garden, has strong crossover potential. Anyone offering this rich, complex novel to a ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
If you are being attacked by a shark, hit it on the nose: it’s a useful piece of advice if you’re cast adrift in an open dinghy in the Caribbean. Ontario author Curtis Parkinson hasn’t ... Read More »
November 26, 2003
Gramp is a card-playing fanatic and the proud owner of a cranky mutt named Grit. His grandson Brady, on the other hand, has a strong dislike of dogs. When Brady’s mom decides to move her ... Read More »
November 26, 2003
Seventeen-year-old Charlie Wilcox has returned at last to his tiny Newfoundland fishing village, Brigus, bearing the physical and emotional scars of his experiences in the Great War. In the three years since he first stowed ... Read More »
November 26, 2003
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