Learning to Swim

Learning to Swim, the first collection from New Brunswick author Larry Lynch, presents seven stories that range in style from straightforward narrative to magic realism-tinged metafiction. It’s a mix that is always interesting, but not ... Read More »

October 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Wild Dogs

By Helen Humphreys

Helen Humphreys’ fourth novel, Wild Dogs, sure to be a hit with canine lovers everywhere, launches with a bold and poetic narrative voice. It is Alice, describing the circumstances of six strangers who’ve bonded over ... Read More »

October 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Spine

By K.I. Press

In the marketing materials that accompany Toronto poet K.I. Press’s second book of poetry, Spine, Gaspereau Press has included several “study questions” that reviewers may want to use to discuss this book. Though the questions ... Read More »

October 18, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Second Tree: Of Clones, Chimeras, and Quests for Immortality

By Elaine Dewar

Newspapers try to track the latest developments from the seemingly fantastic world of genetic science: cloned sheep, genetically modified food, in vitro fertilization (IVF), stem cell research. It’s a brave new world. Biologists are in ... Read More »

October 18, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

A Lover’s Quarrel

By Carmine Starnino

Montreal poet, editor, and critic Carmine Starnino is a lonely brave voice in a milquetoast milieu. To readers panting in a critical desert of “joylessness and phrasal drabness” he offers “ebullience, ardency and verve.” He ... Read More »

October 18, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

Going Wild: Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World

By Brian Keating

The title of this book is a bit misleading: the stories of globetrotting and animal observing collected here aren’t so much amazing animal adventures as they are very interesting Brian Keating adventures. (As for Going ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Slangalicious

By Gillian O'Reilly, Krista Johnson, illus.

Why do people call TV the “boob tube‚” or use the word “dough” for money? Why do we say we “loaf around” when we’re doing nothing? Why is something easily accomplished a “cakewalk”? All these ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You

By Shari Graydon

At the end of the 18th century, British parliamentarians proposed a law that would prevent women from “trapping” men with artificial means, such as makeup. This bill seems laughable now, and yet according to this ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Tunnel King

By Barbara Hehner

In 1944, 76 Allied POW airmen escaped their prison camp through a secret tunnel. Although 50 of these men were later executed by the Nazis, their heroic efforts to disrupt German forces became legendary, entering ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Peace Walker: The Legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita

By C.J. Taylor

This attractive book by Mohawk author-illustrator C.J. Taylor is a departure from her popular picture books about native legends. An account of real people and events, Peace Walker is a chapter book about a highly ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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