The Book Band

Publisher: Blarney Stone Books
Genre: poetry; Canadiana; humour
Format: trade paperback; 71 pages
Price: $25.00

In honour of Canada’s Sesquicentennial, Niagara-based poet Kevin McCabe’s collection includes poems that focus on the people, places, events, policies and programmes that are distinctly Canadian. The poems reflect McCabe’s views on a variety of subjects, often in a humorous, satirical or ironic way. Themes include Canadian places and events, churches and church politics, literary topics, contemporary Canadian issues, and four poems that spoof/parody Canadian classics.