The New Northwest Passage: A Voyage to the Front Line of Climate Change

For generations, an intercontinental route through Canada’s northern waters was one of the world’s most sought-after discoveries. The names of its explorers – Frobisher, Hudson, Vancouver – pepper the modern map, and the stories of ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: History

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By Marjorie Celona

Victoria-born writer Marjorie Celona (who now lives in Cincinnati) chose Vancouver Island as the setting for her buzzy debut novel, the coming-of-age story of Shannon, a young misfit with a curly blond halo, a lazy ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Lester Pearson’s Peacekeeping: The Truth May Hurt

By Yves Engler

Yves Engler is part of that rare but growing group of social critics unafraid to confront Canada’s self-satisfied myths, regardless of whose feathers he ruffles in the process. He will likely find himself left off ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: History

Road to Valour: A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation

By Aili and Andres McConnon

Siblings Aili and Andres McConnon have produced a genial, if slightly eccentric, account of the exploits of Gino Bartali, the feisty Italian cyclist who still holds the record for the longest span – 10 years ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: History

Seeking Sickness: Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease

By Alan Cassels

What will happen if I do nothing? Most patients are conditioned to avoid asking that question after a self-assured physician reports the result of a test or investigative procedure that uncovers evidence of a scary ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Mr. Churchill’s Profession: The Statesman as Author and the Book that Defined the “Special Relationship”

By Peter Clarke

Equal parts quotable orator, dogged statesman, and caricature-prone cigar-chewing Victorian, Winston Churchill remains synonymous with British politics. And yet few people are aware that he was also the recipient of the 1953 Nobel Prize in ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: History

Rasputin’s Bastards

By David Nickle

David Nickle’s latest novel, a thriller with fantasy elements, is overly long and has a highly convoluted plot, both of which serve to undermine the suspense. Rasputin’s Bastards involves several groups of bad guys working ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The City’s Gates

By Peter Dubé

The City’s Gates introduces itself as a puzzle, with an “Apologia” letting us know that the book we are about to read is an “archaeology” consisting of documents found in the rubble of a building ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Mount Royal

By Basil Papademos

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: Montreal, 1989. For Johnny, a drug merchant and bisexual prostitute, the metropolis represents “one of the last big Western cities where you can ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Five Little Bitches

By Teresa McWhirter

When members of Wet Leather, the fictional band in Teresa McWhirter’s third novel for adults, are asked if they’re feminists, they answer, “Duh.” The only problem is it’s hard to believe them. The back cover ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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