Book Reviews 2005
The Saskatchewan Publishers Group (SPG) has developed the Weekly Book Picks program to help spread the good word about Saskatchewan’s thriving book industry. Each week, a free 400-500 word review is e-mailed to every weekly newspaper in Saskatchewan. These reviews, written by some of the province’s best emerging and established writers, are also archived on this web site for easy access to our visitors from around the world. Click on the book’s title to read the review, or click on the book’s cover to buy the book!
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2005 Reviews
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Saskatchewan Publishers Group Bestsellers |
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Saskatchewan Book Awards Winners |
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The Eye in the Thicket by edited by Sean Virgo (Thistledown Press) Review by: Brenda Niskala |
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Silk Routes of the Body by Judith Krause (Coteau Books) Review by: Brenda Niskala |
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The Beavers’ Big House by J.D. Panas & Olive Whitford with Michif translation by Norman Fleury (Gabriel Dumont Institute) Review by: Sharon Adam |
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More than Three Feet of Ice by Brenda Schmidt (Thistledown Press) Review by: SHelley Leedahl |
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This is Not Eden by Tracy Hamon (Thistledown Press) Review by: Shelley A. Leedahl |
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Somewhere, a Fire by Donna Kane (Hagios Press) Review by: Marie Powell Mendenhall |
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A Thousand Supperless Babes: The Story of the Metis by Lon Borgerson and SUNTEP Theatre, Prince Albert (Gabriel Dumont Institute) Review by: Karen Lawson |
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Letters Home: The Wartime Correspondence and Diary of John Edwin Gardiner RCAF (1919-1942) by David E. Smith (Canadian Plains Research Center) Review by: Elizabeth McGill |
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Prairie Phoenix: The Red Lily in Saskatchewan by Bonnie J. Lawrence and Anna L. Leighton (Nature Saskatchewan) Review by: Jason Hammond |
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Trout Stream Creed by David Carpenter (Coteau Books) Review by: Marie Powell Mendenhall |
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I Was Younger When I Was a Boy by Jack Funk (Jack Funk) Review by: Sharon Adam |
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Slow Curve by Jeanne-Marie de Moissac (Coteau Books) Review by: Shelley Leedahl |
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One Foot in Heaven by David Waltner-Toews (Coteau Books) Review by: Elizabeth McGill |
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Carrying the Sun by Carla Braidek (Thisteldown Press) Review by: Shelley Leedahl |
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Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present Edited by Brett Quiring; Series editor – Brian Mlazgar (Canadian Plains Research Center) Review by: Jason Hammond |
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Ghost Voyages III by Cora Taylor (Coteau Books) Review by: Jillian Bell |
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Orchestra of the Lost Steps by Shelley Leedahl (Thistledown Press) Review by: Jillian Bell |
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Let’s Not Let a Little Thing Like the End of the World Come Between Us by James Marshall (Thistledown Press) Review by: Jillian Bell |
| Â | Jason and the Deadly Diamonds by Linda Hutsell-Manning (Coteau Books) Review by Sharon Adam |
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Girl at the Window by Byrna Barclay (Coteau Books) Review by: Elizabeth McGill |
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The Alchemist’s Daughter by Eileen Kernaghan (Thistledown Press) Review by: Sharon Adam |
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Under a Small Moon: Poems New and Selected by Gary Radison (Hagios Press) Review by: Barbara Klar |
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South of the Border by Marlis Wesseler (Coteau Books) Review by: Karen Lawson |
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papiyahtak by Rita Bouvier (Thistledown Press) Review by: Marie Powell Mendenhall |
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Rescue at Fort Edmonton by Rita Feutl (Coteau Books) Review by: Sharon Adam |
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Blue Marrow by Louise Bernice Halfe, Skydancer (Coteau Books) Review by: Barbara Klar |
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First Nations: Lives Past and Present Edited by Christian Thompson; Series editor Brian Mlazgar (Canadian Plains Research Center) Review by: Gina Rozon |
Archived Reviews
Listed below are links to the reviews from April 2001 to the current quarter.
