Category Archives: Canadian Book Challenge

I Do Not Think That I Could Love A Human Being by Johanna Skibsrud

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Wollamshram

Completed: 16 January 2011 Skibsrud, Johanna. I Do Not Think That I Could Love A Human Being. Kentville: Gaspereau Press, 2010. Completed: 16 January 2011 Johanna Skibsrud will be more familiar to readers for her recent GG winning novel, The … Continue reading →

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Strike/Slip by Don McKay

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Wollamshram

McKay, Don. Strike/Slip. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006. Completed: 26 November 2010 When I started reading for the Canadian Book Challenge I decided to read a poet from each province and territory.  Don McKay is a well established poet, having … Continue reading →

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As For Me And My House by Sinclair Ross

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Wollamshram

Ross, Sinclair. As For Me and My House. Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1994. Completed: 17 November 2010 Brian Busby, from The Dusty Bookcase did a post on this book.  It is from that post that I decided to have a go … Continue reading →

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Alphabetum Romanum by Felice Feliciano

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Wollamshram

Feliciano, Felice. Alphabetum Romanum, The Letterforms of Felice Feliciano.  Vernon: Greenboathouse Press, 2010. Completed: 27 November 2010 This is one of those books that is of interest to printers and typographers.  For the rest of us, type, for the most … Continue reading →

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Autopsy of a Turvy World by Sheri-D Wilson

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Wollamshram

Wilson, Sheri-D. Autopsy of a Turvy World. Calgary: Frontenac House, 2008. Completed: 18 October 2010 Autopsy of a Turvy World is Sheri-D Wilson’s latest collection of poems.  She has published six previous poetry collections. I have read a couple of … Continue reading →

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The Dragon’s Jaws by Frank L. Packard

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Wollamshram

Packard, Frank L. The Dragon’s Jaws. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. Completed: 9 October 2010 Packard certainly knows how to tell a story.  This particular number wastes no time in getting started.  Right off the bat we are introduced to … Continue reading →

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Brandyjack by Augustine Funnell

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Wollamshram

Funnell, Augustine. Brandyjack. Toronto: Laser Books, 1976. Completed: 1 October 2010 A couple of weeks ago I was visiting my book pusher and remarked that he had quite a few Laser Books available.  I commented that I had a couple … Continue reading →

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Locked Up edited by Sue Pike

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Wollamshram

Pike, Sue. ed. Locked Up. Ottawa: Dead Lock Press, 2007. Completed: 29 September 2010 Sue Pike is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada.  Her bio says that she “is originally from Toronto but was lured away by the … Continue reading →

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Against the Hard Angle by Mat Robinson

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Wollamshram

Robinson, Mat. Against the Hard Angle. Vernon: Greenboathouse Press, 2009. Completed: 26 September 2010 Against the Hard Angle is another of the poetry books I acquired from Greenboathouse Press. It is a slim volume of poems.  As a Greenboathouse production … Continue reading →

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Eastern Dreams by Paul McMichael Nurse

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Wollamshram

Nurse, Paul McMichael. Eastern Dreams, How the Arabian Nights Came to the World. Toronto: Viking Canada, 2010. Completed: 17 September 2010 In 1704 the first published appearance of what came to be known as The Arabian Nights Entertainments occurred in … Continue reading →

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