Book: A Ticket to the Grand Show: Journeys Across Cultural Boundaries
Wow! What a fascinating book! I didn’t even need to dig into chapter one to get hooked; the introduction itself sucked me right in and I couldn’t put A Ticket to the Grand Show down.
Book: The Downloaded
Robert J. Sawyer is well-known in the science fiction realm. He’s written over two dozen novels and won the sci-fi world’s Big Three: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
Book: Because Somebody Asked Me To
Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene is the first collection of nonfiction published by Guy Vanderhaeghe…
Book: Benny’s Dinosaurs
It’s common for children of a certain age to go through a dinosaur phase—if memory serves, my own son was about seven when he was passionate about dinosaur books, facts and toys.
Book: The Headmasters
Mark Morton has created a fascinating world in The Headmasters. Blue Ring is an interesting place to spend a chunk of time if you are into science-fiction.
Book: Return of the Grudstone Ghosts
Moose Jaw is the setting for yet another page-turning adventure. This time there are ghosts, gangsters, a school in peril and, of course, the tunnels of Moose Jaw…
Book: Reflections in a Farmhouse Window: A Prairie Memoir
One of the many joys of reading memoir is learning you share certain places, people or experiences with an author.
Book: Squandered: Canada's Potash Legacy
Squandered: Canada's Potash Legacy is another thoroughly researched and super interesting read by University of Regina Press.
Book: Family Potluck
Sixteen smiling, digitally-produced characters—including an infant in arms, a bespeckled elder, a girl in a wheelchair and a visually-impaired, non-Caucasian boy...
Book: Wrack Line
It’s a rare and wondrous thing when, while reading a poetry collection, I start conceiving poems in my own mind. Vancouver-born M.W. Jaeggle’s highly distilled first book of poetry...
Book: Where Could My Baby Be?
Of the several books I’ve read by Saskatoon writer, publisher and teacher, Ashley Vercammen, Where Could My Baby Be? is among the best.
Book: The Beech Forest
The Beech Forest by Marlis Wesseler is a novel that combines day-to-day life in rural Saskatchewan with a gradual reckoning with the Holocaust on the part of its protagonist, Lisa Braun.
Book: Lilacs by the Kitchen Door: Prairie life on the family farm
Lilacs by the Kitchen Door is the dramatic telling of the lives of Sheri Hathaway’s parents, Harold and Louise, and their supporting cast of extended family and friends.
Book: Trust the Bluer Skies: Meditations on Fatherhood
Trust the Bluer Skies is a sensory-rich journey through a brief and distinct moment in time. Our daily lives so often pass in a blur, and we can reach the end of the day wondering what we actually did.
Book: The Rasmussen Papers
Connie Gault’s The Rasmussen Papers is a precise work of psychological realism about one woman’s obsessive quest to gain access to the papers of a deceased poet...
Book: The Stones Will Sing
The premise of The Stones Will Sing seems to be the question of whether music can be a life-changing force. It is a quirky yet fascinating topic to delve into...
Book: Alphabet in the Park
I’ve reviewed a number of children’s alphabet books across the decades, so I’m always impressed when a writer puts an original twist on the traditional “A is for Apple” text.
Book: Storms and Scarabs
My first question when coming across Storms and Scarabs was: what the heck is a scarab? For those like me who were clueless, a scarab is an ancient Egyptian gem…
Book: The Treasure Box
The Treasure Box is the fourth Judith Silverthorne novel I’ve read during my decades as a book reviewer, and again, this Regina-based writer has mesmerized me.
Book: Towards a Prairie Atonement
Award-winning writer, prairie naturalist, and birder extraordinaire—Regina's Trevor Herriot requires little introduction.