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Essay Collections & Memoirs

This week Laura and Nicole talk about personal storytellers and suggest titles that run the gamut from funny to heartbreaking. … More

book review, Canada, essay collection, memoir, public library

Hockey Book Greats

As you may have heard, Thunder Bay is playing host to the Telus Cup this week.  The Telus Cup brings … More

Angie Abdou, Canada, Canada Reads, David Nicholson, hockey, hockey books, hockey teams, Major Midget, Paul Quarrington, Richard Wagamese, Roch Carrier, Telus Cup

Chop Suey Nation by Ann Hui

It’s no surprise to most of us that the Chinese food we adore is an adapted, Canadian version, different from … More

Ann Hui, Canada, chinese cuisine, Chop Suey Nation, immigration

If I Fall, If I Die by Michael Christie

  If I Fall, If I Die is the first novel by Michael Christie. Set in his hometown of Thunder … More

Canada, Canadiana, Children, Coming of age, contemporary, Depression, If I Die, If I Fall, Michael Christie, racism

Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Part action novel, part history, part love story – Dance of the Banished is a book which will linger in … More

Armenian genocide, Canada, Canadiana, Dance of the Banished, historical, internment, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, war, World War I

Canada, 1882 by John Campbell

“Are hearts here strong enough to found A glorious people’s sway?” Ask of our rivers as they bound From hill … More

Canada, John Campbell, National Poetry Month, Patriotism, poetry month, Victorian poetry

The Canterbury Trail by Angie Abdou

  The Canterbury Trail by Angie Abdou (2011, Brindle & Glass) offers insight into Canadian mountain village lifestyles and culture … More

adventure, Angie Abdou, Animals, Canada, family, outdoors, relationships

Yesterday’s Dead By Pat Bourke

“If all the adults are all sick, who’s in charge?” This is the tag-line for an absorbing children’s novel by … More

Canada, children's literature, folk cures, Growing Up, historical, medicine, Pat Bourke, Spanish Flu epidemic

Winter Study, by Nevada Barr

Nevada Barr is not one of those authors I’ve ever shown an inclination to read: the name just sounds way … More

Anna Pigeon, Canada, crime, Homeland Security, Isle Royale National Park, murder, mystery, Nevada Barr, State Parks, winter, wolves

What is left the daughter, by Howard Norman

Howard Norman is back! At last, a new novel to compare with The Bird Artist, The Museum Guard and The … More

Canada, death, drama, Family Relationships, historical, Howard Norman, Nova Scotia, world war II

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