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Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude
by Emily White
In recent years, the memoir has shifted from the tell-all to the personal essay, and from there it has branched out into various forms of...
The Heart Does Break: Canadian Writers on Grief and Mourning
by George Bowering and Jean Baird, eds.
The Heart Does Break was born of paralyzing grief: Jean Baird, struggling with the sudden death of her daughter, Bronwyn, consulted counsellors and psychologists to...
No Place Fit for a Child
by Wade Bell
Alberta-based former oilman Wade Bell crafts vivid emotional and geographic terrains in his latest short-fiction collection, No Place Fit for a Child. The seeming permanence...
The Sea Captain’s Wife
by Beth Powning
Beth Powning’s second novel is the affecting and engaging story of a young woman seeking her place in the world – a place away from...
Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks 2001–2008
by Marc Bell
The most fascinating thing about Marc Bell’s Hot Potatoe is the stream-of-consciousness artistic sensibility that permeates every page, from the cover to the contents to...
Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman
by Sheema Khan
In 2002, The Globe and Mail asked columnist Sheema Khan to share her personal insights on Islam and Muslim life in the wake of 9/11....
Could Be
by Heather Cadsby
Could Be is an excellent title for Toronto-based poet Heather Cadsby’s fourth book of poems. Driven by the vocabulary of dreams and the sleep-sense of...
Automaton Biographies
by Larissa Lai
The words “four eyes” on the dedication page of Larissa Lai’s first full-length poetry collection telegraph her intentions. Comprising four long, complementary poems, Automaton Biographies...
I Am Here and Not Not-There
by Margaret Avison
A high-school teacher once told a young Margaret Avison to eschew the first person singular in her writing for 10 years. It was a directive...
Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968–2000
by John English
John English was given a tremendous opportunity, but one that came loaded with risk, when he was invited by the executor and family of Pierre...
Frank McKenna: Beyond Politics
by Harvey Sawler
A frequent criticism of political journalists is that they get too close to the people they are covering. On the other hand, biographers are sometimes...
What Is Stephen Harper Reading? Yann Martel’s Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes
by Yann Martel
What Is Stephen Harper Reading? takes its name from Booker Prize-winning novelist Yann Martel’s project of sending Prime Minister Stephen Harper a different book every...
Joan & Goodridge: My Life with Goodridge Roberts
by Joan Roberts
Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis
by Andrew Horrall
The fact that the name Alan Jarvis now rings few bells in Canada is one reason that Bringing Art to Life, a stylish and beautifully...
Fresh Canadian Bistro
by Craig Flinn
There has long been a shortage of cookbooks that anthologize the recipes of Canadian chefs. Deserving and talented candidates of all ages and from across...
Canada’s Game: Hockey and Identity
by Andrew C. Holman, ed.
Gretzky’s Tears: Hockey, Canada,and the Day Everything Changed
by Stephen Brunt
The story of The Great One’s sale to the Los Angeles Kings from the Edmonton Oilers in August 1988 is a variation of the myth...
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