For most of us a dream job remains just that – a dream. But for three Toronto-area friends, Cathy Francis, Nancy Davidson, and Nina McCreath, their dream became reality when they opened The Flying Dragon ... Read More »

Imagine a dystopian future where facts and fancies intermingle. Where what is true and what we would like to be true can’t be told apart. Like The Matrix, but worse, far worse. Imagine, in other ... Read More »

Christian Bök’s Eunoia didn’t exactly get overlooked in this country when it was published by Coach House Books in 2002. After garnering widespread praise, stirring up some controversy, and becoming an unexpected bestseller, Bök’s “univocal ... Read More »

It’s not too often you’ll hear writers denouncing literary awards as a disincentive to better publishing. But then, the chances are pretty good that you’ve never attended as unique a literary festival as the sixth ... Read More »

Things seem to be going from bad to worse for Google and its contentious Google Print program. Not long after news came out in October that Google was being sued by a coalition of U.S. ... Read More »

For the past few years, the common refrain at the Frankfurt Book Fair has been that there just aren’t as many big, headline-making deals as there used to be. That was certainly true at this ... Read More »

Last summer, the Granville Book Company, an independent trade bookstore on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver, closed. The end came suddenly, due to a rent increase (driven by a property-tax reassessment) that would have forced ... Read More »

The event at the heart of Susanne Reber and Robert Renaud’s new non-fiction work, Starlight Tour – the 1990 freezing death of native teen Neil Stonechild on the outskirts of Saskatoon – proved to be, ... Read More »