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The Sleep of Four Cities

By Jen Currin

The Sleep of Four Cities is the first poetry collection from Jen Currin, an expat American and now Vancouver resident. The poems show the signs of much hard work. They are full of startling images, ... Read More »

April 7, 2006 | Filed under: Poetry

The Clichéist

By Amanda Lamarche

The title of B.C. poet Amanda Lamarche’s debut collection is an open invitation to critics. Fortunately, there are few clichés of the glaring variety to be found here.If there is a too-standard element to Lamarche’s ... Read More »

April 7, 2006 | Filed under: Poetry

Gutted

By Evie Christie

While it’s not yet clear whether confession is, in fact, good for the soul (the eschatological jury is still out), one thing is clear: the confessional mode has resulted in a lot of bad poetry. ... Read More »

April 7, 2006 | Filed under: Poetry

How Happy to Be

By Katrina Onstad

How Happy to Be is set in Toronto and revolves around Maxine, a thirtysomething entertainment journalist labouring at the fictional neo-con newspaper The Daily. She doesn’t find her job, or her life, particularly satisfying, and ... Read More »

April 7, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Cassandra Virus

By K.V. Johansen

Forsaking her background in medieval studies, Krista Johansen, the New Brunswick author of the Pippin picture books, moves into the near future for this digital-age adventure. Computer whiz Jordan and his friend Helen are having ... Read More »

April 5, 2006

The Drowned Violin

By Mel Malton

In her first children’s novel, crime fiction writer Mel Malton draws on her background in the arts and her small-town life in Huntsville, Ontario, to create a funny, lively story about four 11-year-olds trying to ... Read More »

April 5, 2006