Martha Gellhorn was born in 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri, and almost immediately was desperate to be somewhere else. She left for France in 1930 and embarked on a 60-year career as a foreign correspondent ... Read More »
In the 1960s, eight people – Jackie English, Jacqueline Dunleavy, Lynda White, Soraya O’Connell, Frankie Jensen, Scott Leishman, Helga Beer, and Bruce Stapylton – were murdered in and around the city of London, Ontario. To ... Read More »
The new novel from Victoria writer Pauline Holdstock begins with six-year-old Frankie sneaking aboard a ship bound for France. His mother has just died, and Frankie’s plan is to cross the ocean, find a police ... Read More »
September 23, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Former soldier Sandra Perron made headlines two years ago with her shocking memoir, Out Standing in the Field, about experiencing sexual harassment, rape, and physical torture from male comrades in the armed forces. A new ... Read More »
September 23, 2019 | Filed under: Reviews, Social Sciences
Babies and toddlers demand a lot from their books: chew-resistant pages, intriguing illustrations for developing eyesight (especially in the first year), and captivating text that supports language development. Plus, the material must appeal to both ... Read More »
September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Babies and toddlers demand a lot from their books: chew-resistant pages, intriguing illustrations for developing eyesight (especially in the first year), and captivating text that supports language development. Plus, the material must appeal to both ... Read More »
September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Babies and toddlers demand a lot from their books: chew-resistant pages, intriguing illustrations for developing eyesight (especially in the first year), and captivating text that supports language development. Plus, the material must appeal to ... Read More »
September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
On the acknowledgements page of A Dark House, Ian Colford mentions the eight stories were written between 15 and 25 years ago, a period during which he regarded publication as an “impossibly lofty goal.” In ... Read More »
September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews
Babies and toddlers demand a lot from their books: chew-resistant pages, intriguing illustrations for developing eyesight (especially in the first year), and captivating text that supports language development. Plus, the material must appeal to both ... Read More »
September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
On the acknowledgements page of A Dark House, Ian Colford mentions the eight stories were written between 15 and 25 years ago, a period during which he regarded publication as an “impossibly lofty goal.” In ... Read More »
September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews
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