Books

Kalamalka Press recognizes literary innovation with new book series

Monday, December 14th, 2009 | 9:30 am

Contributed

It takes insight, courage and innovation to move literature from where it is today into something that can spark the imagination of a new generation of writers and readers. This fall, the award-winning Kalamalka Press took yet another step in…

Read All Over: Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea

Read All Over: Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea

Monday, December 7th, 2009 | 6:11 am

Comedienne Chelsea Handler’s Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea hits shelves in paperback soon.

Read All Over: The Financial Lives of Poets

Read All Over: The Financial Lives of Poets

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 | 7:53 am

The Financial Lives of the Poets is a tale of caution for recessionary times.

Read All Over: Right to the Edge

Read All Over: Right to the Edge

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 | 7:00 am

Charley Boorman, known to most as Ewan McGregor’s TV sidekick, goes solo for the release of his fifth travel adventure book, Right to the Edge.

Read All Over: SuperFreakonomics

Read All Over: SuperFreakonomics

Sunday, November 15th, 2009 | 7:00 am

Levitt and Dubner have, again, put together a book that’s entertaining and sometimes even enlightening. The pair explains that what they’re doing is not really economics but rather, they make use of the economic method to explain how or why typical people make decisions and how or why they might change their minds.

Book review: The Disappeared

Book review: The Disappeared

Sunday, November 8th, 2009 | 7:00 am

“Kim Echlin’s The Disappeared, is one of five Giller finalists and is considered, at this stage, to be a front-runner for the award honouring this year’s best Canadian fiction.”

Review: What is Stephen Harper Reading?

Review: What is Stephen Harper Reading?

Sunday, November 1st, 2009 | 6:00 am

“…Martell has come to the conclusion that the Guinness Book incident was actually symptomatic of a fundamental flaw in our leader: Stephen Harper doesn’t like to read.”