Book Reviews 2006
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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Weekly Book Picks 2006
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Notes From the Outside: Episodes From an Unconventional Life by Allan Safarik (Hagios Press) Review by: Sharon Adam |
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Back to the Past by Paul Spasoff (Back to the Past Publishing) Review by: Tim Tokaryk |
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Once in a Blue Moon: An Artist’s Life by Marie Elyse St. George (Coteau Books) Review by: Karen Lawson |
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The Hour of Bad Decisions by Russell Wangersky (Coteau Books) Review by: Elizabeth McGill |
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Wood Mountain Poems by Andrew Suknaski (Hagios Press) Review by: Tim Tokaryk |
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Running in Darkness by Robert Currie (Coteau Books) Review by: Shelley Leedahl |
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Morningstar: A Warrior’s Spirit by Morningstar Mercredi (Coteau Books) Review by: M E Powell Mendenhall |
| Â | The Story of Puny Pumpkin by Marlene Armson (Armson Books) Review by: Karen Lawson |
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Adeline’s Dream by Linda Aksomitis (Coteau Books) Review by: Marion Harder |
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Terror at Turtle Mountain by Penny Draper (Coteau Books) Review by: Sharon Adam |
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Adventure in Istanbul by Cora Taylor (Coteau Books) Review by: Carmen Pauls Orthner |
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The Mystery of the Graffiti Ghoul by Marty Chan (Thistledown Press) Review by: Karen Lawson |
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Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan (Canadian Plains Research Center) Review by: Jason Hammond |
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Secret of the Stone House by Judith Silverthorne (Coteau Books) Review by: Marion Harder |
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Time’s Body by Kathleen Wall (Hagios Press) Review by: Shelley Leedahl |
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Stones Call Out by Pamela Porter (Coteau Books) Review by: M E Powell Mendenhall |
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The Biggest Animals by Michael Kenyon (Thistledown Press) Review by: M E Powell Mendenhall |
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The Santa that I Know by Kathy Hirst (Eternal Dancer Productions Ltd.) Review by: Elizabeth McGill |
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Reading the River by Myrna Kostash with Duane Burton (Coteau Books) Review by: Elizabeth McGill |
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Just Living by Bill Robertson (Coteau Books) Review by: Shelley Leedahl |
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Embracing Brings You Back by Pat Clifford (Coteau Books) Review by: Shelley Leedahl |
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When Light Falls from the Sun by Allan Safarik (Hagios Press) Review by: Shelley Leedahl |
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A Run on Hose by Rona Altrows (Thistledown Press) Review by: Shelley Leedahl |
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A Community of Friends: the Quakers at Borden by Elizabeth Ward (Hagios Press) Review by: Karen Lawson |
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Casualties by Terrence Heath (Thistledown Press) Review by: Karen Lawson |
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Lake in the Middle of Town by Neil Sawatzky Illustrated by Julio Salazar (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing) Review by: Jillian Bell |
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Talisa’s Song by Linda Smith (Coteau Books) Review by: Jillian Bell |
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One on One by Cathy Beveridge (Thistledown Press) Review by: Sharon Adam |
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small gifts by Wynne Nicholson (Thistledown Press) Review by: M E Powell |
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Poems from a Broken Body by John Livingston Clark (Thistledown Press) Review by: M E Powell |
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Nettie’s Journey by Adele Dueck (Coteau Books) Review by: Sharon Adam |
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Tunnels of Terror by Mary Harelkin Bishop (Coteau Books) Review by: Sharon Adam |
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make me by Veryl Coghill (Thistledown Press) New Leaf Editions Review by: M E Powell |
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A Book in Every Hand by Don Kerr (Coteau Books) Review by: Jason Hammond |
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The Ice House by Melissa Walker (Hagios Press) Review by: Marion Adam |
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The Adventures of Caraway Kim …Southpaw by Don Truckey (Thistledown Press) Review by: Karen Lawson |
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Dry by Barbara Sapergia (Coteau Books) Review by: Shelley A. Leedahl |
Archived Reviews
Listed below are links to the reviews from April 2001 to the current year.
