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Good things usually come to those who wait and Rob Halford’s long awaited autobiography is no exception. The aptly named memoir “Confess” is everything its title suggests and everything a good autobiography should be. I […]
Not often does a book remind one of both Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past and Ellis’ American Psycho, but here we are: immersed in compelling minutiae. Alex Pheby’s Playthings is simultaneously unsettling and fascinating, tragic […]
Matthew St. Amand’s writing is truly a work of art, and his words will make a reader feel as if the story is one of their memories. A series of 11 short stories, St. Amand […]
What if you were told that the whole world was blind? Not in the literal sense of the word, meaning that you cannot tell the difference between colours, people, scenery, and such. But in a […]
A bird’s gotta do what a bird’s gotta do. And sometimes those bird stories need to be told. Local author Barbara Reaume Sandre took her first crack at a children’s book in 2014 and the […]
The new Herb Colling book “Ford City” came out in late November and has been awaiting a review since then. The main problem is that every time I’ve picked it up to write about it, […]
Wow, we’re gobsmacked! Stuart and I just got our copy of 5,000 Ways You Know You’re From Detroit. This collector’s edition coffee table book, by Chris Edwards and Elaine Weeks, shares a slice of American […]
At first glance, a book of poetry centered around cannibalism might seem like something reserved for horror fans and obsessive meat lovers, but after diving into the new collection of poems by Windsor wordsmith Laurie […]
Bestselling author Marty Gervais has returned with a new, somewhat personal look at his beloved hometown in the recently released book Five Days Walking Five Towns (Touring Windsor’s Past). Of all the local writers capable […]
One of my favourite forms of books is the coffee table book. These are designed to capture a moment in time and are more often than not, targeted to a very specific audience. The latest […]
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