I assumed from the title that this book might be about making cute papier-mâché mobiles. However, this – the second title of the new Popular Mechanics for Kids series – is about making mechanical gadgets ... Read More »
March 19, 2004
Volcano! recounts the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, then highlights volcanic sites around the world, from the “cinder cones” of Iceland and flat “shield volcanoes” of Hawaii, to the killer mud-floods of Colombia ... Read More »
March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Nick Bantock’s Griffin and Sabine series takes a new twist in The Gryphon with the introduction of two new correspondents, Matthew and Isabella. The book features letters and cards between Sabine and Matthew, Griffin and ... Read More »
March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
One of the most interesting authors to emerge from Quebec in recent years, Monique Proulx writes for radio, television, and films in addition to her award-winning fiction. She won two literary prizes for her 1983 ... Read More »
March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Margaret Atwood once said the four-letter epithet most dreadful to a writer’s ears is the word “icon.” Consider Robert Kroetsch, equipped with his first new book of poems in 10 years. How can his new ... Read More »
March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry
The title of this debut poetry collection is an evocative pun on author Andy Quan’s varied perspectives – that of an Asian-Canadian whose eyes are “slanted”; of a gay man whose sensual interest is “bent” ... Read More »
March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry
In his first collection of poetry, Household Hints for the End of Time, Regina poet Ken Howe explores a wide range of subjects – from the inherent meaning of a refrigerator to the resonances and ... Read More »
March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry
A book about a “foolish man…who buys a young horse” is how Lawrence Scanlan sums up his part memoir, part history of a little known aspect of Canadiana, le cheval canadien. At age 50 Scanlan ... Read More »
March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography
Ann Decter’s second novel, Honour, tells the stories of three friends in the midst of self-discovery. Honour is a feminist melting pot from which Decter pulls her characters Marie, Jane, and Shulamit Weiss and molds ... Read More »
March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Calgary Herald sportswriter Bruce Dowbiggin’s last foray into hockey books was Of Ice and Men, a look at how a handful of hockey greats have mastered their craft. But they say that craftspeople are only ... Read More »
March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
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