In Bite Me!, idiosyncratic observations and provocative musings illuminate an unseen world of creatures both real and imagined.This is a collection populated by eighty-foot-long boa constrictors and c
The poetry of Charles Bruce resonates with the sights and sounds of the Maritimes. Unlike the modernist poets of his time, Bruce embraced rural settings, tactile imagery, structural simplicity and dir
The Essential Dorothy Roberts reveals the imagination and intensity of a poet who finds herself in exile both psychological and geographical but yet finds much to celebrate.Though she lived most of he
Human beings rarely ever say exactly what they mean. The English language has evolved to embrace a dizzying array of linguistic tools with which clever and playful minds can introduce ambiguity and in
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna was many things. She was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, a dedicated dupe of the notorious mystic Grigori Rasputin-and a loving wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and m
`When does a thought become part of a poem and when does it become part of some other form of writing? ... You jot something down and watch to see how it leans.'In Viaticum, Jeffery Donaldson presents
A mainstay of Toronto's theatrical landscape since 1968, Theatre Passe Muraille (which translates to `Theatre Without/Beyond Walls') has focused on breaking down barriers-between actors and spectators
As Shane Neilson writes in Margin of Interest, `Maritime poetry is the sum of what's come before, a unique history, and yes, a unique place.'In Margin of Interest Neilson examines representation, iden
A veteran of the Second World War, Douglas LePan never forgot his experience of the horrors of battle. His bold, powerful verses often recall scenes of valour, tenacity and honour amid the `festivals
When's the last time you visited a tailor? A shoemaker? A small-appliance repairer? Have you met a sign painter, a typewriter mechanic or a shirt factory worker? Do camera stores and independent depar
When free-spirited teenager Zan sets out on her bike to buy kitty litter at the local SuperSave one wintry day, she has no idea she's about to send her neighbour and maybe-sort-of crush Tallis into a
