Being a single woman in a couple-oriented small community is never easy. Annora Brown was no exception. She belonged to…Continue Reading

“By the 1930s artists were capturing scenes from many Canadian landscapes,” Annora Brown wrote from the Ontario College of Art. “Their canvases depicted Quebec, Ontario, outpost Winnipeg and a strip of the West Coast.” But her own prairie region “was as little known as the Antarctic landscape!” She resolved to change that omission, though I’m…Continue Reading

Contributor – Herb Johnson (who turned 80 last week) This book report will not deal with a specific novel. It…Continue Reading

JOYCE SASSE – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR There’s a treasure chest of Annora Brown paintings located in the Collections and Research Archives of Calgary’s Glenbow Museum. The shame is that only occasionally have they been displayed or lent to other public institutions. The blessing is that they have been so carefully preserved they are of pristine quality.…Continue Reading

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR sThis is one of a series by Pronzini featuring the nameless detective. We know his…Continue Reading

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Federal marshall Raylan Givens and a team of SWAT guys descend on a motel in…Continue Reading

HERB JOHNSON, GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Recently a person who was reading the particular novel was overheard to say the it was…Continue Reading

Jessica Reel and Will Robie are stone killers. They work for the CIA. In a previous novel Jessica killed two…Continue Reading

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Josh Deeson is a troubled 15-year-old living in the governor’s mansion with his grandparents. Having…Continue Reading