Humorous, inspiring, and sometimes thought-provoking stories
The subject of outhouses must be handled delicately. So we will tiptoe around it, moving from foot to foot, like you would—and you do—when you need to “go” and there is...
Canadian wit and humor
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Author:Pike, GrandpaSummary: -
Author:De Figueiredo, DanSummary:Dan de Figueiredo is a humour columnist, journalist and television writer. His love of words and ideas began when he received a copy of Robinson Crusoe at the age of seven, and he has never looked back. After earning a BA in Political...
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Author:Riche, EdwardSummary:Nominated for the BMO Winterset Award and the ReLit Award From award-winning author Edward Riche comes an immensely readable and sharp novel about "C"-list screenwriter and wannabe vintner Elliot Johnson. With his life growing more...
- Author:Armstrong, BobSummary:
Bill and Julie live in thrifty middle-class wedded bliss with their 12-year-old son Sean. Julie brings home the bacon while Bill keeps house and frets over his never-ending PhD thesis: an anthropological study of the role of men in...
- Author:McLean, StuartSummary:
"A final Christmas gift from Canada's beloved storyteller. Christmas has always been a special time for the Vinyl Cafe. Each year, Stuart McLean's Christmas tours brought laughter and community to every town and city he visited across...
- Author:Nicol, EricSummary:
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Author:Nicol, Eric, Whalley, PeterSummary:Canadian politics is/are not well understood, no authority being prepared to say whether it/they is/are singular or plural. Canadian Politics Unplugged bravely breaks new ground in ignoring this question. The book concentrates on the...
- Author:Mullinger, JamesSummary:
A memoir/comedy book by British-born comedian James Mullinger who relocated from London, UK, to Saint John, New Brunswick. Mullinger discusses his career and provides tales from the road touring Atlantic Canada and further afield.
- Author:Mitchell, W. O.Summary:
Set in the forties and fifties, these stories take us back to a simpler, gentler world, the one we all like to think we grew up in. The Kid at the centre of the stories is a boy on a Saskatchewan farm down Government Road from Crocus,...
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Author:Sorensen, SueSummary:Janey knows she should be trying to put her academic career on the map, but how? She'll more readily poke fun at than engage in yet another overly dry and theoretical conference. And her husband and their friends simply encourage her...
- Author:Richardson, BillSummary:
At the heart of Richardson's CBC Radio show is a variety of domestic tales that listeners relate through letters and phone calls. Their stories are sometimes comic and sometimes achingly sad. This is a collection of 163 of the most...
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