Juno Beach: Canada in World War II

By Pierre Landry, Jack MacFadden, Angus Scully

In 2003 the Juno Beach Centre opened in France to document and memorialize Canada’s Second World War contributions. Juno Beach, a book and CD-ROM created by researcher Pierre Landry and two history teachers, is based ... Read More »

January 5, 2004

Canadian Greats

By Maxine Trottier, Mark Thurman, illus.

Two new biographical compilations of great Canadians, historical and contemporary, tackle the topic in different ways. Elizabeth MacLeod takes an encyclopedic approach in The Kids Book of Great Canadians, featuring capsule entries on 150 memorable ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

The Kids Book of Great Canadians

By Elizabeth MacLeod, John Mantha, illus.

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Car Smarts: The Book for Kids Who Love Cars

By Phil Edmonston and Maureen Sawa, Gordon Sauvé, illus.

It’s nice to report a new entry in the ranks of good car books, courtesy of one of the best-known automotive writers around. Phil Edmonston, author of more than 100 books about cars (notably the ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Fuelling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy Is Changing Everything

By Andrew Heintzman and Evan Solomon, eds.

The idea for this book emerged from a late-night booze-up between its editors – Evan Solomon and Andrew Heintzman, the once-young Turks who brought us Shift magazine – and their pointy-headed friends. Unlike many alcohol-abetted ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Mortal Arguments

By Sue Sinclair

In Mortal Arguments, transplanted Newfoundland poet Sue Sinclair widens her poetic vision to embrace the whole span of human existence – from birth to death. These poems dwell more on questions and images of mortality, ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Flux

By Joe Denham

Flux, the debut collection from Vancouver poet Joe Denham, is written in the roughly hewn cadences of work and pain, an all-pervading awareness of mortality, and a quiet sense of the sacred. The opening sequence of ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Memoirs of a Media Maverick

By Boyce Richardson

At a time when aspiring journalists have few choices beyond joining the characterless world of the modern mass media, the voice of a rare journalistic gadfly should serve as a welcome antidote. For over 50 ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Faking Death: Canadian Art Photography and the Canadian Imagination

By Penny Cousineau-Levine

Finally, a theoretical examination of contemporary Canadian photography that is not only insightful and impressively researched but is beautifully designed and makes for a darn good read. In Faking Death: Canadian Art Photography and the ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude

By Ann Vanderhoof

An Embarrassment of Mangoes is an odd mixture of a book – part travel journal, part culinary tour, part Cruising for Dummies (“cruising” is a term habitués use to describe life aboard a pleasure boat). ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

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