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A deep-seated questioning of her inherited religion resurfaces when Myrna Kostash chances upon the icon of St Demetrius of Thessalonica. A spiritual and historical odyssey that begins in Edmonton, ranges around the Balkans, and plunges into a renewed vision of Byzantium in search of the Great Saint of the East delivers the author to an unexpected place - the threshold of her childhood church. An epic work of travel memoir, "Prodigal Daughter" sings with immediacy and depth, rewarding readers with a profound sense of an adventure they have lived. This book will appeal to readers interested in Ukrainian-Canadian culture and the Greek Orthodox religion and history, as well as to fans of Kostash's bold creative non-fiction. ... Read more

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Myrna Kostash's All of Baba's Children is a penetrating and revealing look at the lives of those of Ukrainian ethnic identity in Canada. Although the book is focused on this population, the conclusions she arrives at are of interest to anyone looking into the long term effects of being an ethnic subgroup in a larger culture. The book melds together personal recollections with source documents and other materials to probe the pressures and conflicts this community has experienced in the past hundred years. Extremely valuable reading for those of Ukrainian descent in both the USA and Canada, but also of great value to sociologists studying ethnic minorities in these two countries. ... Read more

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Revealing look at the Canadian immigrant & ethnic experience
Myrna Kostash's All of Baba's Children is a penetrating and revealing look at the lives of those of Ukrainian ethnic identity in Canada. Although the book is focused on this population, the conclusions she arrives at are of interest to anyone looking into the long term effects of being an ethnic subgroup in a larger culture. The book melds together personal recollections with source documents and other materials to probe the pressures and conflicts this community has experienced in the past hundred years. Extremely valuable reading for those of Ukrainian descent in both the USA and Canada, but also of great value to sociologists studying ethnic minorities in these two countries. ... Read more

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Non-fiction authority Myrna Kostash merges the past and the present in "The Frog Lake Reader", which offers a startlingly objective perspective on the tragic events surrounding the Frog Lake Massacre of 1885. By bringing together eyewitness accounts and journal excerpts, memoirs and contemporary fiction, and excerpts from interviews with historians, Kostash provides a panoramic perspective on a tragedy often overshadowed by Louis Riel's rebellion during the same year. The history is contentious and its interpretation unresolved, but "The Frog Lake Reader", with its broad survey of vital historical accounts and points of view, offers the most comprehensive and informative narrative on the Frog Lake Massacre to date. ... Read more

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This is thestory of the North Saskatchewan River in multiple voices, including writing by famous names and those less familiar, from its rise in the Rocky Mountains to its exit into Lake Winnipeg. ... Read more

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It is said that one's first love sets the template for all loves to follow. 'The Doomed Bridegroom' narrates one woman's attraction to rebel heroes, both real and imagined, in Canada, Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean. ... Read more

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What kind of Canada does the under-35 generation see themselves heir to? Do they consider themselves members of a Canadian nation at all?

The only way to find out, Myrna Kostash decided, was to travel across Canada and talk to young people in all walks of life. Her aim was to draw a map of the next Canada and see how its ideals compared to those of her own generation, which came of age and learned its politics in the sixties and seventies. In chapters on economics and the workplace, media and the arts, gender politics and sexuality, and racial and cultural identity, Kostash meets a diverse and outspoken set of young Canadians. Filled with wit, intelligence, and candour, this profound and insightful book will force a reassessment of the way we look at the 25- to 35-year-old generation. ... Read more

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Chapters: Wendy Mesley, Myrna Kostash, Stefan Christoff, Carole Taylor, Peter Veniot, Dahlia Lithwick, Geoff Keighley, Derek Weiler, Andrew Coyne, Bruce Hutchison, William Thorsell, Michael Maclear, Carol Morin, Philip Dansken Ross, Gil Courtemanche, Richard Butler, Mary Garofalo, Juliet O'neill, Jeffrey Dvorkin, Terry Milewski, Laurie Brown, Ted Byfield, Terry Glavin, Ian Denis Johnson, Céline Galipeau, Linda Frum, Paul Romanuk, Susan Ormiston, Victor Malarek, Peter Stursberg, Carl Honoré, Michael Enright, Tim Ralfe, Normand Lester, Paula Todd, Michelle Shephard, Dave Brindle, Larry Zolf, Neil Reynolds, Kathryn Humphreys, Alexander Begg, Jojo Chintoh, Avery Haines, Jacqueline Hennessy, David Gilmour, Jack Wasserman, Jennifer Hedger, Elizabeth Parker, Curt Petrovich, Bert Wemp, Michel Auger, Raymond Heard, Isabel Vincent, Ravi Baichwal, Brendan Connor, Milt Dunnell, Ian Brown, Simma Holt, Ken Evraire, Juliana Farha, Michael Valpy, Carla Robinson, Declan Hill, Étienne Parent, Stephen Brunt, Bill Good, Jim Mullin, Paul Watson, Maggie Siggins, Wei Chen, Ken Rockburn, John Wesley Dafoe, Elliotte Friedman, George Lagogianes, Lake Sagaris, Barbara Kay, Kevin Weedmark, Ike Awgu, Hugh Winsor, Joan Donaldson, Tasha Chiu, Grattan O'leary, Ira Basen, Hana Gartner, Joey Slinger, Kristian Gravenor, John Charlton Fisher, Patricia Pearson, Nathan White, Barry Baldwin, Karin Larsen, Edith Josie, Su-Ling Goh, Milan Chvostek, Bob Macdonald, Carol Off, Kenzo Mori, Robin Gill, Andrew Nikiforuk, Adrienne Arsenault, Jeani Read, Ken Shaw, Betty Kennedy, Adam Daifallah, Gretta Chambers, Jennifer Valentyne, Andrew Cohen, Frank Lennon, Dan Matheson, Ken Mckenzie, Jack Todd, Pascale Nadeau, Rod Black, Janette Luu, Robin Rowland, Gordon Pape, Valerie Pringle, Isobel Warren, Carrie Olver, Paul Hunter, Adnan Virk, Nathalie Chung, Vik Adhopia, Clark Todd, Lou Schizas, Keith Boag, Alice Klein, Anna Maria Tremonti, Ken Hechtman, Sean Naylor, Terry Leibel, D...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=284330 ... Read more

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In this book you'll meet ten fascinating Canadian women.

Barbara Frum, today one of the most successful journalists in Canada, began her career when as a young mother she sold a piece to CBC Radio on how to amuse your kids.

Margaret Atwood's highly acclaimed writing career started with poems published in literary magazines when she was an undergraduate.

Runner Abby Hoffman first appeared in the sports pages when she was an all-star defenceman on a boys' hockey team.

These are revealing portraits of women from a wide range of backgrounds, working at everything from housework to painting and politics. ... Read more

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Flower power, love-ins, psychoactive drugs, anti-war demonstrations--the Sixties were a time of immense change and upheaval in Canada, a radical departure from the social and political complacency of the Fifties.

This book is a lively chronicle of how this change came about in Canada, how the "establishment" status quo was effectively challenged. It begins with a consideration of the anti-nuclear movement of the early 1960s, and continues with examinations of the civil rights and women's movements, the emergence of the New Left and opposition to the Vietnam War. Specifically Canadian developments such as the rise of Quebec separatism, the emergence of a native rights movement, and the struggle to Canadianize universities are also considered.

First published in 1980, Long Way From Home is based on interviews with hundreds of people who participated in the events described--a report from the front lines of this turbulents decade's social and political revolutions. ... Read more

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Letters from Kiev is an eyewitness account of the political and cultural changes in the tumultuous months of 1990–91 that led to Ukraine's declaration of independence.

Expertly translated by Myrna Kostash, the text is fully annotated for the Western reader by Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko, to whom Solomea Pavlychko originally wrote her letters. Also included are a number of memorable pictures of the crisis by Ukrainian photographers. ... Read more