Past to Present: A Reporter’s Story of War, Spies, People and Politics

One thing is certain: William Stevenson has led an uncommon life. Wartime aviator, journalist, intelligence operative, filmmaker, friend to presidents and kings, confidant to socialist agents, amateur marine biologist – he has donned countless lifetimes’ ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape

By Candace Savage

Saskatchewan author Candace Savage is enamoured of Prairie landscapes. The author of more than two dozen books for adults and children, Savage’s newest is an exploration of the area around Eastend, Saskatchewan, as well as ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: History

The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten the West?

By Doug Saunders

In a refreshing break from the past decade’s monotonous stream of Muslim-baiting titles, Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders sets out to demolish what he sees as myths surrounding immigration, Islam, and alleged national security ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen

By Stephen Bown

The Arctic was the final frontier of the age of terrestrial exploration, and Roald Amundsen, arguably the greatest of all polar explorers, knew it. At the start of the 20th century, aware that the window ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: History

Swallow

By Theanna Bischoff

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. Borrowing from the well-known children’s nursery rhyme, the opening lines of Theanna Bischoff’s second novel introduce a metaphor that unfolds as the story does. Darcy, a ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Milosz

By Cordelia Strube

In her ninth novel, Cordelia Strube continues to examine the complexities of contemporary life with equal doses comedy and misanthropy. Milo Krupi is an underemployed actor in his late thirties living in Toronto. His girlfriend ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Baggage

By Jill Sooley

No matter how loving its members may be, it’s the rare stepfamily that doesn’t have at least some messiness attached to it. In her second novel, Newfoundland’s Jill Sooley examines the delicate dynamics of one ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Death: The Scientific Facts to Help Us Understand It Better

By Richard Beliveau and Denis Gingras

With the passing of Christopher Hitchens in December, and the loss of such icons as Ray Bradbury, Maeve Binchy, and Gore Vidal in the months since, the last year has been one suffused with death ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Working the Dead Beat: 50 Lives that Changed Canada

By Sandra Martin

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection

By Deirdre Kelly

The prevailing image of the ballerina is one of lightness and grace, more a diaphanous swirl of fluid motion than flesh-and-blood woman. She is, for many, an idealized notion of femininity. But her reality is ... Read More »

October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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