The Leaky Iron Boat: Nursing an Old Barge Through Holland, Belgium and France

It is one thing to suffer the hardships of travel in order to get a glimpse of the unknown and the exotic. But for Hart Massey – architect, metalworker, son of a Governor General, and ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises and Realities

By Eric S. Grace

With the controversy over the recent creation of Dolly, the Scottish sheep cloned from the cells of another sheep’s udder, a comprehensive book on biotechnology could be a welcome addition to bookstore shelves. Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed

By Palmiro Campagna

It’s difficult to assess a UFO book critically. The standards in this genre are not the usual ones for non-fiction, if only because the line between fact and fiction blurs considerably in UFO lore. Some ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Suggestive Poses: Artists and Critics Respond to Censorship

By Lorraine Johnson, ed.

This anthology presents a range of takes on and experiences with censorship in recent Canadian history, most of them by people who have been on the cultural “front lines.” From John Greyson’s preface “Don’t Cry ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Reworking Success: New Communities at the Millennium

By Robert Theobald

The annual Massey Lectures series is traditionally an opportunity for a prominent thinker – Ursula Franklin, Charles Taylor, Conor Cruise O’Brien – to hold forth on complex issues that seem to defy concise, coherent treatment. ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Perfection of Hope

By Elizabeth Simpson

It is a sad truth that it is only when we are pushed up against our own mortality that we itemize what is really important in our lives. So it was with Elizabeth Simpson, an English ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Heaven’s Coast

By Mark Doty

Biography, autobiography, and memoir reflect and create fame or notoriety as they document lives and experiences. Canadian Elspeth Cameron’s latest book, No Previous Experience: A Memoir of Love and Change, presents a biographer turning her ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography