Author is a well-known media figure from the same era of MuchMusic as Christopher Ward An intriguing mix of Canadiana and pop culture – Kim’s experiences with the Hudson’s Bay Company are a fascinating firsthand look back into recent history Timely in focusing on the North, its environment, and its indigenous peoples A behind-the-scenes account of major incidents throughout Canadian pop-culture history, including the murder of Playboy model Doro ...
Johnny Cash is more popular than ever, and the demographic of his international fan base spans from youth to the elderly Oriented at music fans and collectors: full of never-before-published material on Cash, including personal letters, photographs, and transcripts of phone conversations Rare new material on the musical idol, illuminating a previously unknown but major side of his professional and personal life Offers a look into how Johnny’s re ...
A startling new portrait of Gould, including never-before-seen material. Glenn Gould’s astonishing recordings deliver that unmistakable jolt of genius to each generation newly discovering the great Canadian pianist. With the support of the Glenn Gould Estate, Peter Goddard draws on his own interviews with Gould and on new, and in some cases overlooked, sources to present a freshly revealing portrait of Gould’s unsettled life, his radical decis ...
2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature – Longlisted 2016 RBC Taylor Prize – Longlisted The unforgettable memoir of Giller Prize–winning author and poet Austin Clarke, called “Canada’s first multicultural writer.” Austin Clarke is a distinguished and celebrated novelist and short-story writer. His works often centre around the immigrant experience, of which he writes with humour and compassion, happiness and sorrow. In ’Membering , ...
As a member of Canada’s most famous rock band, The Guess Who, Carl Dixon has an unparalleled view of the history of Canadian rock Carl Dixon, one of the most frequently quoted musicians in the recent title Metal on Ice (Dundurn, 2013), tells his own story Dixon’s injuries in his 2008 auto crash were truly terrible, and his recovery is a remarkable story of determination and faith Author keeps a busy touring schedule as a musician and inspirati ...
"The last time I talked to my mother, she announced that she hated my father." So begins Brian Fawcett’s compelling new book about happiness and a new way of looking at family. A public intellectual who will shame the devil in the interests of truth, Brian Fawcett has staunchly refused to buy into the prevailing techno-corporate ethos that defines our culture today. With Human Happiness , Fawcett has taken another leap into unexplored terr ...
From the author of the best-selling The Mother Zone , comes a comic narrative about an over-anxious mother and her twenty-something over-adventurous son. Home Free is about the last secret lap of parenting: getting through your kids’ twenties and learning how to let them go at the same time. The twentysomethings who invented the generation gap in the nineteen sixties have grown up to become hyperinvolved parents who can’t stop worrying abou ...
Winner of the 2009 British Columbia’s National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, short-listed for the 2008 Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize Thousands of boys dream of becoming firefighters. Some get the chance, and for some of those, the dream becomes a nightmare. Burning Down the House is the story of Wangersky’s eight-year career as a volunteer firefighter, an experience that wound up reaching into every facet of his life and changed the way ...
We all have memories of family vacations: the cross-country marathon drive, the camping trip, a couple lazy weeks at the lake, a helter-skelter month in Europe, four days in Disneyland. The variations may be endless, but the common denominator is that there are always stories to tell. The family vacation, with all its funny, sad, relaxing, stressful, frustrating, and exhilarating moments, shapes us, and helps us create an understanding of who ...
