Miramichi author Wayne Curtis has always been a prolific author (this is his eighteenth release) whether he is writing prose, poetry or non-ficton, but the past few years have been watershed ones for his faithful readers. And as Mr. Curtis gets older (much like the rest of us) each new release is more precious than … Continue reading Fishing the High Country: A Memoir of the River by Wayne Curtis… Continue reading
In a series of linked narratives, Howard Mansfield explores the American belief in property and the cost of that belief.… Continue reading
Less than one month after publishing these memoirs, Mr. Knockwood died on June 16, 2018 at the age of 88. He suffered from pneumonia and heart failure, which is not surprising, as he had only one lung, having lost the other to TB years ago.… Continue reading
A few years back, I enrolled in a distance education program that was technology-based. At the last minute, the powers that be decided (likely for accreditation reasons) that they need to give us introductory courses on critical thinking, conflict resolution and so on.… Continue reading
These three new titles from Newfoundland's Breakwater Books have something for everyone, from very young to a more mature audience. Peter Pan Statue, Bowring Park The Secret of Bowring Park by Christine Gordon Manley (with illustrations by Laurel Keating) is a fairytale for all ages, not just children.… Continue reading
In 2016, I crossed an item off my so-called bucket list: climb Campbellton's Sugarloaf Mountain. Not being in the greatest shape to do so, I found I should have taken an AED along with me! My wife and her friend had climbed it a few years earlier, and I didn't want to be left out.… Continue reading
Readers of true crime will be happy to hear that Nate Hendley is back with The Boy on the Bicycle (2018, Five Rivers Publishing). This was a project Mr. Hendley had put on hold while finishing his encyclopedic book The Big Con, which was a history of confidence men, hoaxes and frauds from past to … Continue reading The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto by Nate Hendley… Continue reading
I am a landlubber, but I love all things maritime whether it is naval ships, submarines, or the days of wood and sail. It started with Joseph Conrad's sea stories and carried on through those of James Fenimore Cooper and C.S.… Continue reading
Towards the end of Lorri Neilsen Glenn's enthralling memoir-like journey of discovery Following the River: Traces of Red River Women (2017, Wolsak & Wynn), she states: "When we consider countless horrors in the world, innumerable disasters and catastrophes, a ship consumed by fire on a late summer night is but only one.… Continue reading
According to the Diabetes Canada website, there are 11 million Canadians living with diabetes or prediabetes. Every three minutes, another Canadian is diagnosed. For the James Bay Cree living in the territory of Eeyou Istchee in Northern Quebec, "fully one-third of the adults have been diagnosed with type 2 or gestational diabetes and more remain … Continue reading The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee by Ruth DyckFehderau… Continue reading
all the wars fought in the twentieth century, the one I was least familiar with was the Korean War. Odd, because my father-in-law served in Korea with Canadian Forces. With Baraka Books' 2018 release of Patriots, Traitors and Empires by Stephen Gowans came my opportunity to learn more about the history of Korea, how it … Continue reading Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom by Stephen Gowans… Continue reading
Laurier University Press (WLU Press) publishes an Indigenous Studies series of which I have reviewed Rachel Bryant's The Homing Place, which is one of my "Very Best!" reads of 2018. So I returned to WLU Press' website to look at their other titles.… Continue reading