Thirty-four Ways of Looking at Jane Eyre

This book defies generic classification, including as it does 11 short stories, several autobiographical memoirs, an author profile of Elly Danica, and a number of essays dealing with the author’s work as a literary biographer, ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

The Possibility of Dreaming on a Night Without Stars

By Michael Kaufman

Michael Kaufman’s ponderously titled first novel is not entirely successful, but it isn’t marred by any glaring ineptitude or any single, tragic flaw. Rather, the writing includes both small triumphs and moments of awkwardness as ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Trial of the Stone

By Richardo Keens-Douglas, Stéphane Jorische, illus.

Richardo Keens-Douglas, a talented storyteller, writer, and actor, has based his sixth picture book on a comic fable akin in its sly anarchic spirit and dignified silliness to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Emperor’s ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Blue with Blood in It

By Elizabeth Philips

A Blue with Blood in It, the latest collection of poetry from award-winning poet Elizabeth Philips, resonates with the rhythms and colours of a prairie landscape. Reminiscent of her fellow Saskatchewan poet Lorna Crozier, Philips ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

What She Can Remember

By Donna Dunlop

Singer-songwriter Donna Dunlop’s first novel, What She Can Remember reads more like a personal memoir than a work of fiction. Set in the mid- to late 1960s and written in both past and present tense, ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Parable Beach

By Paddy McCallum

A recent series of television ads promoting B.C. tourism urged viewers to discover “Super. Natural.” Anyone wondering what the advertisers meant could do worse than turn to B.C. poet Paddy McCallum. The four sectionsof his ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Family Man

By Stephen Zeifman

Casey is a guy who seems to have it all: a successful Toronto architecture practice; a smart, lovely wife; a lively teenage daughter; and two fine sons. Why isn’t Casey happy? He’s not sure, but ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Lunch with

By Jan Wong

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” wrote Oscar Wilde. That’s a distinction Jan Wong seems to have difficulty making. Wong is the Globe and Mail writer ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Trudeau Albums

By Mordecai Richler

However earnest the essays in Trudeau Albums might be in their occasional criticism of the late Pierre Trudeau, nothing can shake the reverent, hagiographic tone of this boxed coffee-table accessory. Organized into six albums, each ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask

By Jim Munroe

In his first novel, 26-year-old Jim Munroe has created a genuinely hip, young, and urban tale. Forget about all the other fiction that poses as slick and cool, forget the stylish authors that promise to ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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