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National Post Book Review: “Catharine Parr Traill’s The Female Emigrant’s Guide” »
Editors Nathalie Cooke and Fiona Lucas’s book Catharine Parr Traill’s The Female Emigrant’s Guide: Cooking with a Canadian Classic (Spring 2017) has received a wonderful review by Laura Brehaut in the National Post (June 9, 2017).
Management of fire and wool, candle- and soap-making – Catharine Parr Traill’s The Female Emigrant’s Guide is a blueprint for survival in the … Read More >
The Selected Essays of Sean O’Faolain – Review from The Irish Times »
Brad Kent’s new book The Selected Essays of Sean O’Faolain, was recently reviewed by Fintan O’Toole for The Irish Times.
The following is an excerpt from Fintan O’Toole’s piece. The full review is available on the The Irish Times website.
The Selected Essays of Sean O’Faolain review: He gave as good as he got
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Still Renovating Reviewed in Ontario Planning Journal »
In the January/February 2017 issue of the Ontario Planning Journal, Noreen Dunphy reviews Greg Suttor’s new release Still Renovating: A History of Canadian Social Housing Policy.
Below is an excerpt taken from the review. The full review can be viewed online, on page 16 of the Ontario Planning Journal.
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Vallum Magazine Reviews The Unlit Path Behind the House »
Be sure to check out the current issue of Vallum magazine for an in-depth review of Margo Wheaton’s latest poetry collection The Unlit Path Behind the House.
The full review by Bill Neumire can be found in the 3:2 “THE WILD” issue (print or digital) of Vallum.
Below is an excerpt taken from … Read More >
Landscape Architecture Magazine Reviews Landscape Architecture in Canada »
Ron Williams’ Landscape Architecture in Canada was recently reviewed in the August 2016 issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine!
Below is an excerpt from Jennifer Reut’s review along with a link to a PDF containing the full review.
“The most humbling thing about Ron Williams’s achievement in his book Landscape Architecture in Canada (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014) … Read More >
Publishers Weekly Review of Finding Franklin »
Russell Potter’s new release Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search was recently reviewed by Publishers Weekly.
Here is an excerpt from the review:
“With ambitious scope and profound depth, Potter (Arctic Spectacles) deftly demonstrates that truth can indeed be stranger and more fascinating than fiction. The book chronicles the ill-fated attempt … Read More >
Bay Area Reporter Reviews Making Out in the Mainstream »
Making Out in the Mainstream, by Vincent Doyle, was recently reviewed by the Bay Area Reporter, the oldest and highest circulation LGBT news weekly serving San Francisco’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. The review coincides nicely with this week’s announcement of the 27th Annual GLAAD Media awards.
The following is an excerpt from Brian Bromberger’s piece entitled “Swimming … Read More >
The Invisible Irish – Reviewed by The Scotsman »
The Invisible Irish, Finding Protestants in the Nineteenth-Century Migrations to America, by Rankin Sherling, was reviewed this past weekend by Scotland’s national newspaper, The Scotsman.
The review, which was written by author and professor Dean Jobb, discusses the link between the clergy and the mass Irish Protestant migration in the 19th century. The following … Read More >
