Book Reviews

King imbues Native stories with humour
Sunday, May 12, 2013

The Inconvenient Indian — A Curious Account of Native People in North America
By Thomas King
(Doubleday Canada 2012, 288 pages)

By Michael Sobota

New book from Boucher
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Sandi Boucher, author of best-selling book Honorary Indian, is releasing her new book and sequel, Her Mother’s Daughter.

TD Canadian Children’s Book Week opens today
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

City of Thunder Bay libraries will be participating in TD Canadian Children’s Book Week, which begins today.

28-year-old Ender’s Game more relevant than ever
Sunday, May 5, 2013

My Reading List, By Maureen Arges Nadin

Finding a home in Vacationland
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Vacationland, By Sarah Stonich
(University of Minnesota Press, 288 pages; $16.95)

By Deborah de Bakker

Rowing journey chronicled in book
Friday, April 26, 2013

Thunder Bay author Charles Wilkins attended the Waverley Resource Library on Tuesday for Canada Book Day. Wilkins was reading from his book Little Ship of Fools, which is due out in September.

Dark social satire an enjoyable read
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Doppler, by Erland Loe
(Translated from Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw; House of Anansi Press hardcover, 183 pages)

By Michael Sobota

Entertaining look at aristocratic marriages
Sunday, April 14, 2013

To Marry an English Lord
By Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace
(Workman Publishing, 403 pages; $18.95)

By Deborah de Bakker

Lovecraft: the master of ‘cosmic horror’
Sunday, April 14, 2013

My Reading List, By Karen McKinley
When you write for a living, someone inevitably will ask who you think has had a major influence on modern storytelling.

Rediscovering the wonder of Silver Islet mine
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Silver Islet — Striking It Rich In Lake Superior
By Elinor Barr
(Singing Shield Productions, paperback, 158 pages)

By Michael Sobota