February 23, 2004 at 10:42am | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
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This is a gentle, fragrant little memoir with a powerful kick: the immense sentimental appeal of visiting one’s unspoiled ancestral…Read More »
In 1947 and 1948, Farley Mowat spent time among the Ihalmiut, the inland Inuit whose traditional territory was between Great…Read More »
February 23, 2004 at 10:41am | Filed under: Native Peoples
Although the ill-fated Franklin Arctic expedition of 150 years ago was popularly believed to be a voyage in search of…Read More »
February 22, 2004 at 07:08pm | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Ottawa-based journalist Rick Mofina has produced a debut thriller that isn’t exactly thrilling, but charges ahead anyway, until the reader…Read More »
February 22, 2004 at 02:15pm | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels
Reading and writing are a marvellous, continuous chain that links one generation to another. Fiction writer Sarah Ellis expands on…Read More »
February 19, 2004 at 04:31pm | Filed under:
Ever wondered about the most popular Canadian books ever? According to Carleton University English professor and cultural critic Tom Henighan,…Read More »
February 19, 2004 at 04:08pm | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
Despite its unprepossessing title, Vancouverite Michael David Kwan’s memoir, spanning the mid-1930s to the late ’40s, is an engrossing book.…Read More »
February 19, 2004 at 03:53pm | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History
In a 1997 essay, Steven Heighton – poet, short story writer, intellectual, registered hunk, and now novelist – warns that…Read More »
February 19, 2004 at 11:21am | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Collecting Passions is a visual feast filled to brimming with vibrant cartoon-like images by Norman Eyolfson, illustrator of Jacob Two-Two…Read More »
February 17, 2004 at 01:51pm | Filed under:
Did you know that different hummingbirds make different sounds depending on the shapes of their feathers? This is just one…Read More »
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