Articles of Section 'Books'.

Books | Visual Arts
Chris Tyrell gives artists a bit of business-savvy in new book
By Robin Laurence
In his new book, Artist Survival Skills, the writer addresses the lack of knowledge in visual artists concerning the pricing, promotion, marketing, and sale of their works.
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Nothing easy in being green for author James Glave
By Jessica Werb
In his nonfiction debut, Almost Green, the writer documents his transformation from skeptical journalist to born-again green crusader and his poorly planned efforts at building a 280-square-foot "eco-shed" on Bowen Island.
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Ronald Wright finds fresh historical perspective for U.S.
By Brian Lynch
According to a bold new book by the acclaimed Canadian historian and novelist, the U.S. is one of the most antiquated countries in the West and perilously at odds with the contemporary world.
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Book picks to while away the waterside hours
By Patty Jones
We’ve finally hit the season when we can say “Life’s a beach” and actually mean it. And while whacking volleyballs around is all very well, what’s more fantastically, lazily beachy than planting your face in a really good book?
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The Order of Good Cheer connects colonization and climate change
By Joe Wiebe
The Order of Good Cheer
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Hakawati entrances with postmodern twist
By Alexander Varty
The Hakawati
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Perversely good, unexpectedly poignant: All the Sad Young Literary Men
By Patty Jones
All the Sad Young Literary Men
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Salman Rushdie roams the foreign country of the past
By Brian Lynch
Storytelling is risky business, both in life and in The Enchantress of Florence, but the author doesn’t flinch from truth or fiction.
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Finding Hope in Shadows in the Downtown Eastside
By Jessica Werb
The stories and photographs in this autobiography of the street, crackling with energy and individuality and demanding to be heard, humanize the often bleak headlines.
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Retracing the hidden steps of the Kurds
By Travis Lupick
Invisible Nation
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Vancouver gets its literary groove on
By Jessica Werb
Vancouver may soon be able to add some literary bragging rights to its Olympic ones. Margaret Reynolds, executive director of the Association of Book Publishers of B.C., and Alma Lee, founding artistic director of the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival, are spearheading a campaign to have Vancouver designated as the next UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) City of Literature.
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Wayson Choy’s path back through spirit world
“In the absurd face of one’s own dying, what is the meaning of their acts of decency?" asks Wayson Choy, putting his friends and family into perspective after two heart attacks.
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Spring Books 2008 Writer's Profile: Steven Galloway
By Kevin Chong
At first sight, Vancouver-born writer Steven Galloway seems the least likely person to write this book: he’s not Serbian and, until recently, he had never set foot in Eastern Europe.
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Spring Books 2008 Writer's Profile: Lee Maracle
By Jillian Hull
The surprising thing about the new anthology Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality (Douglas & McIntyre, $22.95) is that it’s so full of humour.
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Spring Books 2008 Writer's Profile: Chris Wood
By Charlie Smith
As a child growing up in Southern Ontario, Chris Wood was constantly exposed to water. In his bedroom at night, he could hear the sound of a nearby waterfall, called Webster’s Falls.
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Wolf Totem a landmark of Chinese literature
By Bernice Chan
Lu Jianmin's semi-autobiographical novel has rapidly become the second most widely read work in China after Chairman Mao’s “little red book”.
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Padma Viswanathan revives India’s divided past in The Toss of a Lemon
By Alexander Varty
No animals were harmed during the making of The Toss of a Lemon (Random House Canada, $34.95), but one human’s feelings were at least temporarily bruised. On reading a particularly heartbreaking chapter from Padma Viswanathan’s intricate family saga, the first-time novelist’s aged grandmother took to her bed, feeling upset and perhaps even betrayed.
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Movies Features | Books
Asian Canadian identity is explored in the cinematic anthology Reel Asian
By Craig Takeuchi
Like any identity based upon commonalities such as gender, sexuality, or race, the umbrella term Asian Canadian can be both illuminating and problematic. On the one hand, similarities and shared experiences can provide insight and create dialogue. On the other, differences between subsumed identities can fragment unity.
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Comix king Adrian Tomine discusses his Shortcomings
By Shawn Conner
After years of writing and drawing short but elegant snapshots of relationship angst, Adrian Tomine has turned his talents to a longer piece. With Shortcomings, the cartoonist wanted to stretch his storytelling ability and reach a broader audience, while still maintaining fans of his comic Optic Nerve. But maybe things haven’t turned out exactly as planned
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Profile: Theresa Kishkan
By John Burns
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Profile: Paul Myers
By Martin Dunphy
New nonfiction by Paul Myers
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Profile: Barbara Hodgson
By Alexander Varty
Simplicity is the new religion, with every shelter magazine touting the mantra of “reduce, reuse, recycle”. Fortunately for Barbara Hodgson, she doesn’t read such dross.
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Profile: Carellin Brooks
By John Burns
New nonfiction from Carellin Brooks
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Libertarian media toe the anti-Klein line
By Donald Gutstein
The libertarian brotherhood is up in arms over Naomi Kleins treatment of Milton Friedman in The Shock Doctrine, but their attacks are less than convincing.
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Profile: Alberto Manguel
By John Burns
New nonfiction from Massey Lecturer Alberto Manguel
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