Oma’s Quilt

By Paulette Bourgeois, Stéphane Jorisch, illus.

Emily’s grandma (oma) is not happy when she has to move from her home on Maple Street to a retirement home. She misses cooking, sleeping in her own bed, and seeing her neighbour. At their ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World

By Linda Bailey, Alan and Lea Daniel, illus.

Vancouverite Linda Bailey is an accomplished and lighthearted writer for children, best known for her Stevie Diamond detective series. She recently won the Silver Birch Award for Adventures in the Middle Ages, a title in ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button

By Celia Barker Lottridge, Joanne Fitzgerald, illus.

When a little rooster, scratching for his supper, finds a diamond button, he’s delighted to have something special to take home to his poor old mistress. But before he can peck it up, it’s snatched ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Razovsky at Peace

By Stuart Ross

Long known to the alternative literary community for his prolific chapbooks and for his role as founder of Toronto’s Small Press Book Fair, Stuart Ross garnered mainstream attention when his book of poetry, Farmer Gloomy’s ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Rolling Home: A Cross-canada Railroad Memoir

By Tom Allen

An affable CBC Radio personality boards a Via Rail train and sets off across the country, microphone in hand. Blend a few train sounds with some conversations with eccentric people and you’ve got an interesting ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Have Not Been the Same: The Canrock Renaissance 1985-1995

By Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack, and Jason Schneider

Canadian rock and rollers have oft been overshadowed by their American and British cousins, so it’s no surprise that there’s been a dearth of memorable rock writing in this country. Where is our Greil Marcus ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Notes on a Beermat: Drinking and Why It’s Necessary

By Nicholas Pashley

Nicholas Pashley doesn’t explicitly say what his intention was in writing Notes on a Beermat, but it becomes quickly apparent. This is an exercise in psychology: Pashley is getting in touch with his inner curmudgeon.Pashley ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Getting Started: A Memoir of the 1950s

By William Weintraub

Like the least-known member of a string quartet, William Weintraub’s status as a writer seems destined to remain in the shadows cast by his three more famous friends of the 1950s, Mordecai Richler, Mavis Gallant, ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Odjig: The Art of Daphne Odjig 1966-2000

By Bob Boyer & Carol Podedworny, Daphne Odjig, illus.

Until fairly recently, aboriginal art was considered quaint craftwork, suitable for discussion by ethnologists strictly in terms of its function within aboriginal societies. But over the last few decades, aboriginal art has slowly come to ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Memos to the Prime Minister: What Canada Could Be in the 21st Century

By Harvey Schachter, ed.

Canadians dissatisfied with the lack of discussion of clear public policy alternatives during last fall’s federal election campaign can rejoice at the arrival of this new resource. In Memos to the Prime Minister, Harvey Schachter ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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