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Readers may not have given much thought to Toronto in the 1960s, but Anne Denoon has extracted a novel from an even more arcane branch of the city’s historical tree: the milieu of art and ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Story of My Face

By Kathy Page

The Story of My Face begins with Natalie Baron, an academic specialist in religious studies, arriving in the small town of Elijoki, Finland. She has come to research the life and spiritual path of Tuomas ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Red Plaid Shirt: Stories New & Selected

By Diane Schoemperlen

Diane Schoemperlen is something of an acquired taste in the smorgasbord of Canadian fiction, but there’s no doubt that more and more readers are acquiring that taste. After labouring in the obscurity of the literary ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Real Life

By Sharon Butala

We’ve grown used to thinking of evil – if we think of it at all – as something monstrous, destruction you can’t wrap your mind around. Evil is the Holocaust, Sept. 11, war in Rwanda. ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights

By Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell

It would seem that a new definition of “family” is needed in the 21st century, and the contribution of the gay community here would be welcome. The topic of legal gay marriage raises some interesting ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

In the Shadow of Silence: From Hitler Youth to Allied Internment: A Young Woman’s Story of Truth and Denial

By Gertrud Mackprang Baer

It is difficult to feel sympathy for someone who voluntarily became a Nazi spy, expected to rat on neighbours, schoolmates, and priests, possibly resulting in their imprisonment or worse. But what if the position was ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Spying 101: The Rcmp’s Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917–1997

By Steve Hewitt

In light of sweeping new police powers approved by the Canadian government last fall, Spying 101 is a timely and valuable document of a shameful chapter in Canadian history. Many readers will be shocked to ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Fifty Seasons at Stratford

By Robert Cushman

The Stratford Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, so books about its history are virtually guaranteed a good sale, even if they serve simply to decorate coffee tables as a sign of cultural ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Stratford Gold

By Richard Ouzounian

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Doors Open Toronto: Illuminating the City’s Great Spaces

By John Sewell

In the mid-1990s, former Toronto mayor and left-wing political columnist John Sewell conducted an indefatigable (but ultimately unsuccessful) campaign against the amalgamation of the city’s municipal governments. He peppered his criticism of the province’s proposal ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

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