Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Blue Book by A.L. Kennedy

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Darkly funny and cleverly crafted, Scottish author A.L. Kennedy's The Blue Book  offers sharp and tender insights into human nature. I...
Monday, October 29, 2012

The Assassin's Song by M.G. Vassanji

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Karsan Dargawalla did not want to be a god. He spent his boyhood in a village in Gujarat in the 60s and 70s, where he was heir to Pirbaag ...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

The Cure for Everything! by Timothy Caulfield

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University of Alberta professor Tim Caulfield untangles the Twisted Messages About Health, Fitness, and Happiness  in The Cure for Everyth...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter

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Novella Carpenter created a farm in an abandoned lot in a ghetto in Oakland, California. She didn't stop at growing vegetables and fru...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Batwoman: Hydrology by JH Williams III and WH Blackman

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Kate Kane is many things: "estranged daughter, grieving sister, proud lesbian, brave soldier, determined hero. She is Batwoman." I...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Five Bells by Gail Jones

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Five lives loosely intersect over the course of a single day at Circular Quay in Sydney in  Five Bells  by Australian author Gail Jones....
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Notes on the Vancouver Writers Fest 2012

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With a new and shorter name, the Vancouver Writers Fest celebrated its 25th birthday this year. It was just as wonderful to be there as it...
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