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New Book Reviews

January 29, 2015

News from New Star (p. 252-253)
by Meredith Quartermain

Book(s) Reviewed

  • Buffet World by Donato Mancini
  • Mannequin Rising by Roy Miki
  • Robin Blaser by Stan Persky and Brian Fawcett
Subjects: Poetry

January 29, 2015

Lost in the Staging (p. 251-252)
by Ryan Fitzpatrick

Book(s) Reviewed

  • Every Day in the Morning (Slow) by Adam Seelig
  • How to Write by Derek Beaulieu
  • Open Air Bindery by David Hickey
Subjects: Poetry

January 29, 2015

Becoming Woman (p. 249-250)
by Amanda Lim

Book(s) Reviewed

  • Just Like Her by Louise Dupré and Erín Mouré
  • Girlwood by Jennifer Still
Subjects: Atlantic Canada, Home & Family, Poetry, Women's Literature

January 29, 2015

Monumental in Their Own Right (p. 185-187)
by Cynthia Sugars

Book(s) Reviewed

  • David Adams Richards of the Miramichi: A Biographical Introduction by Tony Tremblay
Subjects: Literary Criticism, Regionalism

January 29, 2015

Blaze of Glory (p. 187-188)
by Tanis MacDonald

Book(s) Reviewed

  • Blazing Figures: A Life of Richard Markle by J. A. Wainwright
Subjects: Life Writing

January 29, 2015

Sit, Stay, and Play (p. 182-183)
by Owen Percy

Book(s) Reviewed

  • The Exile Book of Canadian Dog Stories by Richard Teleky
  • The Exile Book of Canadian Sports Stories by Priscila Uppal
Subjects: Animal Studies, Ecocriticism, Short Fiction, Sports Writing

January 29, 2015

Truth Embedded in Fiction (p. 179-180)
by Jan Lermitte

Book(s) Reviewed

  • The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud
Subjects: International Conflict

January 29, 2015

Pomo Redux (p. 180-182)
by Kit Dobson

Book(s) Reviewed

  • RE: Reading the Postmodern by Robert David Stacey
Subjects: Literary Criticism

January 29, 2015

Exploring the Human Heart (p. 177-179)
by Wendy Roy

Book(s) Reviewed

  • The Heart Specialist by Claire Holden Rothman
Subjects: Historical Fiction

January 29, 2015

All Purpose Multi-tool (p. 176-177)
by Mandy Barbaree

Book(s) Reviewed

  • Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada by Jennifer Reid
Subjects: First Nations, Postcolonialism

January 29, 2015

Theatrical War Zones (p. 183-185)
by Moira Day

Book(s) Reviewed

  • I Have AIDS! by Sky Gilbert
  • lady in the red dress by David Yee
  • Pyassa & Letters to My Grandma by Anusree Roy
  • Such Creatures by Judith Thompson
Subjects: Asian Canadian, Drama, Gay/Lesbian, Holocaust, Indian/South Asian

January 29, 2015

(Re)presenting Culture in Canadian Theatre (p. 167-168)
by Sarah MacKenzie

Book(s) Reviewed

  • "Ethnic," Multicultural, and Intercultural Theatre by Ingrid Mündel and Ric Knowles
Subjects: Caribbean-Canadian, Multiculturalism

January 29, 2015

Coming of Age in a World of Change (p. 169-170)
by Sarika P. Bose

Book(s) Reviewed

  • The Book of Trees by Leanne Lieberman
  • Winter Shadows by Margaret Buffie
Subjects: Young Adult

January 29, 2015

Capriccio vénitien (p. 172-172)
by Chiara Falangola

Book(s) Reviewed

  • Zanipolo by Marc Ory
Subjects: francophone

January 29, 2015

Novel Ideas (p. 174-176)
by Kit Dobson

Book(s) Reviewed

  • The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
  • The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb
Subjects: Novel