King Leary, by Paul Quarrington

As I currently make my way through the last of this year’s Canada Reads nominees, with the encouragement of the last KIRBC meeting, I thought I’d take a gander at last year’s surprise winner King Leary. Of course from a publishing point of view, it was an interesting story that demonstrates the power of Canada [...]

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Whylah Falls, by George Elliott Clarke

My first exposure to George Elliott Clarke was when I saw him read from George & Rue at Acadia during my fourth year. But of course “read” is far too mundane a term – he performed. He breathed life into the words on the page – they jived, grooved, and swam through the auditorium. As [...]

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Deafening, by Frances Itani

I finished this novel just this afternoon, and given that a large part of it is devoted to conveying the devastation of WWI, it seemed an appropriate day to read and remember.   Charles Frazier has a blurb on the back cover of the book, and I will borrow his words, since I could not do [...]

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