by prfire | Oct 24, 2012 | Book Reviews, Fiction
It may say something about Canada and Canadians that one of our canonical twentieth-century novels was called Beautiful Losers. And perhaps, in light of the 2012 Olympics, it’s instructive that as a nation we’ve focused so much attention on a soccer team that was,...
by prfire | Oct 24, 2012 | Book Reviews, Fiction
Science and mathematics are never far away from the consciousness of the characters in this first collection of twelve short stories by Saskatoon’s Sandy Bonny. The story “Sense” follows a female archaeologist named Alwynne on a field trip into the wilderness: Rather...
by prfire | Oct 24, 2012 | Book Reviews, Fiction
Kalila by Rosemary Nixon is the poignant story of a couple whose baby girl is born with severe medical problems, including an enlarged heart, very high blood pressure, breathing difficulties, and an undeveloped kidney. Born just under four weeks early and weighing...
by prfire | Oct 24, 2012 | Book Reviews, Fiction
The use of drugs is a fact of everyday life as well as the subject of significant literary scrutiny, ranging from the avant-garde to the conventional in both form and content. While many stories of pharmacological exploration are closely aligned with traditional...
by nicole | Jul 17, 2012 | Book Reviews, Fiction
A Book of Great Worth consists of a series of interconnected stories that centre on author Dave Margoshes’s father, Harry Morgenstern (alias Margoshes) and his Galician Jewish roots in New York. Although the collection has the distinct feel of memoir due to the...
by nicole | Jul 17, 2012 | Book Reviews, Non-Fiction
A scientist, I am not. The closest thing to a science course I’ve taken in a long time was a requirement-filler at SFU, a delightful 3-credit offering that came to me during an equally delightful summer session. The course, which shifted my thinking – as all great...
