Book reviews
Out of the Blue: A Memoir of Workplace Depression, Recovery, Redemption and, Yes, Happiness
by Jan Wong
A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring
by Nahlah Ayed
The Anatomy of Edouard Beaupré
by Sarah Kathryn York
The Headmaster’s Wager
by Vincent Lam
Fatal Flaws: How a Misfolded Protein Baffled Scientists and Changed the Way We Look at the Brain
by Jay Ingram
In Search of R.B. Bennett
by P.B. Waite
Voluptuous Pleasure: The Truth about the Writing Life?
by Marianne Apostolides
The Secret of the Crown: Canada’s Affair with Royalty
by John Fraser
Rob Rainford’s Born to Grill: Over 100 Recipes from My Backyard to Yours
by Rob Rainford
Beerlicious: The Art of Grillin’ and Chillin’
by Ted Reader
The Tinsmith
by Tim Bowling
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Books for Young People
The French Fry King
by Rogé; Alison Morgan, trans.
Middle of Nowhere
by Caroline Adderson
A Walk in Pirate’s Cove
by Marisa Hochman; Bette Woodland,illus.
Piggy Bunny
by Rachel Vail; Jeremy Tankard, illus.;
Larf
by Ashley Spires
Night Boy
by Anne Laurel Carter; Ninon Pelletier, illus.
Under My Skin
by Charles de Lint
Catla and the Vikings
by Mary Elizabeth Nelson
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Author profiles
- Jan Wong
- Jan Wong’s second chapter
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- Engaging with the past
- Dave Bidini
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- Lesley Livingston
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- Kate Beaton
- Drawn to history
- Esi Edugyan
- Writing the blues
- Clark Blaise
- The invisible Canadian
- James Loney
- Peace of mind
- Ken Finkleman
- Murderous impulses
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