Maleficium

By Martine Desjardins; Fred A. Reed and David Homel, trans.

In French, the word ru means a small stream or, figuratively, a flow. In Vietnamese, ru is a lullaby. Kim Thúy establishes the disparate meanings of this single syllable as the launching point for a ... Read More »

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dr. Brinkley’s Tower

By Robert Hough

Robert Hough returns to historical fiction for his fourth novel, a cautionary tale set in Corazón de la Fuente, a Mexican border town where the dust of revolution has not quite settled. The plot involves ... Read More »

January 30, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Beggar’s Opera

By Peggy Blair

“By the time he discovered he was dying, Ricardo Ramirez was the inspector in charge of the Havana Major Crimes Unit of the Cuban National Revolutionary Police.” This isn’t the opening line of Peggy Blair’s ... Read More »

January 23, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Winter Palace

By Eva Stachniak

Eva Stachniak’s first novel, Necessary Lies, won the 2000 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. That book told a contemporary story; her follow-up, Garden of Venus, and her latest, The Winter Palace, together should establish ... Read More »

January 16, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Shag Carpet Action

By Matthew Firth

Matthew Firth excels at writing arresting opening sentences. “Action,” the first story in the Ottawa writer’s fourth collection, begins with a description of Tatiana, a suburban housewife who “masturbates with an action figure – a ... Read More »

January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Distrust that Particular Flavor

By William Gibson

Best-selling author William Gibson’s first book of non-fiction is a career-spanning collection of essays, reviews, and other short pieces. The author, who is not exactly known for his non-fiction, admits to some ambivalence in the ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch

By Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson

Unlike biographies of Canadian authors or visual artists, those dealing seriously, in a non-showbiz way, with Canadian theatre personalities are actually quite rare. In A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch, ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Whose Streets? The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest

By Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth, eds.

The controversial G20 economic summit in Toronto has been the subject of countless articles, media stories, documentary films, works of art, and now, a book of essays. Editors Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth focus on ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism’s Grey Zone

By Michelle Shephard

Michelle Shephard’s narrative about the decade she has dedicated to reporting on terrorism begins with Hunter S. Thompson’s famous line, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” It’s a good choice, especially as ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Facing the Hunter: Reflections on a Misunderstood Pursuit

By David Adams Richards

More than a decade after Lines on the Water, his 1998 Governor General’s Literary Award–winning non-fiction book about fishing on the Miramichi River, David Adams Richards returns to the Northern New Brunswick of his youth, ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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