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Algoma

By Dani Couture

Toronto poet Dani Couture’s debut novel begins almost mythically, with 11-year-old Leo Beaudoin falling through river ice in the small mill town of Le Pin, a few hours northwest of Quebec City. The rest of ... Read More »

December 5, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Matter of Principle

By Conrad Black

Spoiler alert: Conrad Black and Henry Kissinger are on speaking terms again. Or, as Black puts it in his overwrought and self-indulgent memoir/600-page revenge fantasy, they “settled back into the frequent telephone and dinner conversations ... Read More »

November 22, 2011 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Winter Pony

By Iain Lawrence

Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott was the perfect hero for his time and place: Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. The explorer exemplified a particular kind of English heroism that combined physical ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Industry news

Space Tourism

By Peter McMahon; Andy Mora, illus.

Elevators that reach into orbit, inflatable space hotels, and ecotourism among the stars may sound like elements of science fiction, but they are actually innovations being developed by space-exploration programs and private companies around the ... Read More »

November 15, 2011

Under the Mound

By Cynthia Heinrichs

Vancouver author Cynthia Heinrichs’ second book is a radical departure from her picture-book debut, Mermaids. Using Norse sagas, runes carved on an ancient Orkney tomb, and generous doses of imagination, Heinrichs has crafted a long, ... Read More »

November 15, 2011

End of Days

By Eric Walters

Prolific author Eric Walters’ latest novel describes humanity’s impending destruction by an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It is not the collision that is the focus, however, so much as the undoing of ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news