The Lesser Blessed

Richard Van Camp’s The Lesser Blessed is Bildungsroman as holocaust, Holden Caulfield with sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Set in the aptly named fictional community of Fort Simmer, N.W.T., it tells the story of ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Traplines: Stories

By Eden Robinson

Remember the name Eden Robinson. You will be seeing it again, on other covers.Born on the Haisla Nation Kitamaat reserve in British Columbia, Robinson, 27, is a writer of startling promise, someone with unique material ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Season of Apples

By Ann Copeland

In Season of Apples, Ann Copeland’s new collection of stories, the author proves herself masterful at evoking the rich content and drama in what would otherwise appear to be simple incidents and humdrum lives. In ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Democracy’s Oxygen: How Corporate Media Smother the Facts

By James Winter

On March 2, 1996, Conrad Black took an axe to two newspapers: the Regina Leader-Post and the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. In a single day, later called “Black Saturday,” 182 people were laid off – 25% of ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Place Names of Atlantic Canada

By William B. Hamilton

Following his fascinating Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names, history professor William Hamilton has turned his considerable toponymic research skills to his home region. Place Names of Atlantic Canada is an up-to-the-minute reference sure to ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

★ Nelson Canadian Dictionary of the English Language

By Jan Harkness, David Friend, Julia Keefer, Dan Liebman, Fraser Sutherland, eds.

Pity the poor Canadian lexicographer trying to negotiate our historical schizophrenia: “draft” or “draught”? “recognize” or “recognise”? “centre” or “center”? “favor” or “favour”? Dictionary-makers can’t legislate; they can only reflect how we write and speak, ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

SCTV: Behind the Scenes

By Dave Thomas with Robert Crane and Susan Carney

In his introduction, former SCTV cast member Dave Thomas explains that he was prompted to write this book after being contacted by another writer treating the same subject. Not wanting anything to do with it, ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Pioneer Crafts

By Barbara Greenwood, Heather Collins, illus.

Adults or children who have an interest in folk art or pioneer crafting will want this book, which lives up to the promise of its title beautifully in a gentle, thoughtful, ungimmicky manner. Author Barbara ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

1997 Canadian Internet Directory

By Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead

A short time ago, the Western press fell in love with something called the Internet. The Information Highway was about to arrive, and boy, was it ever going to be great.Four or so years later, ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment