The Wars, by Timothy Findley

Each year on Remembrance Day I find myself at a loss. Not at a loss for those who were lost, but rather, because growing up when I have, with violence so far from home, with full-scale war a thing of history text books, the experience of the men and women who died seems unfathomable. The [...]

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The Underpainter, by Jane Urquhart

When I decided to undertake the Second Canadian Reading Challenge, Eh?, I knew that it wouldn’t be that difficult. After all, at least 1/3 of what I read is Canadian anyway. But I decided that if I were to offer myself a challenge, it would be to read the few Canadian books I still have [...]

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