reviews

Any doubt as to whether Thomas is one of our major writers should be dispelled in this new collection of short stories.

Packet (nee Patrick) Terri, the elusive, enigmatic centre of blighted intelligence and feeling in Lives of Short Duration, read's Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilych"

In the prefatroy list of acknowlegements to his most recent collection of poetry, Alfred Bailey notes taht the oldest poem in the book first appears in the Canadian Forum in 1932.

The collected poems of a major figure is always a welcome and up-ending event.

Perhaps all the a conscientious reviewer can say with any confidence about the fourth volume of Hugh Hood's "New Age" series is that it is an extraordinary book which demands to be read and pondered.

In the Lizard in the Grass, John Mills has collected some of his prose pieces spanning the past thirteen years.

In this novel Bowering undertakes the difficult feat of trying to reconstruct the life and circumstances of the indefatigable explorer of the north-west Pacific.

The King's Evil, David Helwig. Oberon, 1981.

First, a value-judgement: I still consider the Watch that Ends the Night to be Hugh MacLennan's first novel.

The Elements, Tom Marshall. Oberon Press, 1980.