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Behrens, Peter: The O'Briens

kerryoncanlit wrote 8 months ago: Courtesy of House of Anansi PressBehrens, Peter The O’Briens House of Anansi, 2011 Paperback, … more →

Tags: New reviews, Canadian History, Canadian Literature, kerry riley, obriens, Peter Behrens

Heti, Sheila: How Should A Person Be?1 comment

kerryoncanlit wrote 9 months ago: Courtesy of House of Anansi Heti, Sheila How Should A Person Be? House of Anansi Press, 2012 Paperba … more →

Tags: New reviews, Canadian Literature, kerry riley, sheila heti, How Should A Person Be?

Richards, David Adams: Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul2 comments

kerryoncanlit wrote 10 months ago: Courtesy of Doubleday Canada Richards, David Adams Incidents In the Life of Markus Paul Doubleday Ca … more →

Tags: New reviews, david adams richards, kerry riley, Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul, new Canadian literature, Truth and Integrity

Taylor, Timothy: The Blue Light Project1 comment

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Courtesy of Knopf Canada Taylor, Timothy The Blue Light Project Knopf Canada, 2011 Hardcover, 347 pa … more →

Tags: New reviews, CanLit, Canadian Literature, timothy taylor, kerry riley, The Blue Light Project, Parkour, freesteal, Street Art

Rivers of Life in Frances Itani's Requiem1 comment

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Photo by: Kerry Riley, 2011 Itani, Frances: Requiem Part II Click here for Part I of Review. Water a … more →

Tags: New reviews, Canadian Literature, Kerry on Can Lit, kerry riley, Itani, Francés, river metaphor

Itani, Frances: Requiem3 comments

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Itani, Frances Requiem Harper Collins 2011 314 pages Advance Readers’ Edition Courtesy of Harper Col … more →

Tags: New reviews, Canadian Literature, Kerry on Can Lit, kerry riley, frances itani, Requiem, Japanese Canadian internment WWII, secondary English teacher resources

Mistry Wins The Neustadt!

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Rohinton Mistry has been awarded the $50,000 Neustadt International Prize for Literature for 2012. T … more →

Tags: News, Kerry on Can Lit, kerry riley, Rohinton Mistry, Neustadt, Nobel Prize for Literature, Canlit news

Meaning and The Word in Irma Voth

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Miriam Toews new novel Irma Voth is, amongst many other things,  a meditation on the value of words … more →

Tags: New reviews, kerry riley, Miriam Toews, Irma Voth, Canlit resources, value of language, Communication, resources for Canadian literature

e-chill

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: It happened yesterday. My first e-chill. On a routine login to my favourite on-line book source (nec … more →

Tags: Commentary 2, kerry riley, eBooks, E-Books, End of Books

Toews, Miriam: Irma Voth5 comments

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Miriam Toews:  Irma Voth Knopf Canada, 2011 Hardcover, 255 pages Review by:  Kerry Riley Part II In … more →

Tags: New reviews, CanLit, Canadian Literature, kerry riley, Miriam Toews, Irma Voth, new canadian fiction

Cutting the Grass

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Cutting the Grass by: Kerry Riley Photo by: Kerry Riley, 2011Let me just state, right from the outse … more →

Tags: Small Offerings, kerry riley, lawnmower, cutting the grass, Grass

Low-profile CanLit Classics: five (or so) Canadian books that deserve your attention

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Consolation by Michael Redhill.  From the author of Martin Sloane, and long-listed for the Booker, t … more →

Tags: Commentary 2, Rudy Wiebe, Sweeter Than All the World, timothy taylor, Stanley Park, Richard Telecky, Pack Up The Moon, kerry riley, Joe Fiorito

Hayward, Steven: Don't Be Afraid Part IV3 comments

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Hayward, Steven Don’t Be Afraid Knopf Canada, 2011 Part I Part II: Memory, Memorialization and … more →

Tags: New reviews, kerry riley, steven hayward, Don't be afraid, life after death, science versus faith

Hayward, Steven: Don't Be Afraid III Mythological and Literary Allusions3 comments

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Hayward, Steven:  Don’t Be Afraid Part I Part II: Memory, Memorialization and Movies Part IV:  Scene … more →

Tags: New reviews, CanLit, kerry riley, steven hayward, Don't be afraid, literary allusion, Hart Crane, mythological allusion, Demeter

Hayward, Steven: Don't Be Afraid Part II3 comments

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: Hayward, Steven:  Don’t Be Afraid Knopf Canada, 2011 Part I Part III: Mythological and Literary Allu … more →

Tags: New reviews, CanLit, Canadian Literature, kerry riley, steven hayward, movies as metaphors for life, Memory

Hayward, Steven: Don't Be Afraid Part I5 comments

kerryoncanlit wrote 2 years ago: Hayward, Steven Don’t Be Afraid Knopf Canada, 2011 Hardcover, 315 pages Review by:  Kerry Riley Part … more →

Tags: New reviews, CanLit, Canadian Literature, kerry riley, steven hayward, new Canadian writers, Don't be afraid, life after death, 9-11

Oh, deer! Where did the garden go?

kerryoncanlit wrote 2 years ago: Photo by: Kerry Riley, 2009 By:  Kerry Riley In an effort to lure spring to the region, a few more t … more →

Tags: Small Offerings, kerry riley, Canadian Gardening, Deer in the garden, deer control

Ritter, Erika: The Hidden Life of Humans

kerryoncanlit wrote 2 years ago: Ritter, Erika The Hidden Life of Humans Key Porter Books, 1997 First published in Haliburton County … more →

Tags: 1998 to 2003, kerry riley, Ritter, Erika, Pets, Dogs, Mid-life crisis, Boomers, canlit canadian literature

Fascism in the Garden: A Necessary Evil

kerryoncanlit wrote 2 years ago: by:  Kerry Riley In honour of the first day of spring, a few thoughts on gardening… Photo by: … more →

Tags: Small Offerings, Kerry on Can Lit, kerry riley, Canadian Gardening, fascism in the garden, Weeds, weeding, wild portulaca, pigweed


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