Art, Music & Pop Culture

Joni: The Creative Odyssey of Joni Mitchell

In her acknowledgments, Katherine Monk thanks “every writer who’s ever written anything about Joni Mitchell,” without whom “this book would not have been possible.” She means this literally. Her new biography of the iconic Canadian ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Karsh: Beyond the Camera

By Yousuf Karsh; David Travis, ed.

Many wonderful books have been published about the iconic portraits of famed Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh. The latest is this small-format softcover, thoughtfully compiled by David Travis, former curator of photography at the Art Institute ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

★ Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys: The Songs that Tell Their Story

By Mark Dillon

The Beach Boys mark their 50th anniversary in 2012 with a long-awaited reunion tour, and it’s only natural for music writers to want to commemorate the occasion with new material about “America’s Band.” Toronto-based journalist ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Shoot It! Hollywood Inc. and the Rising of Independent Film

By David Spaner

In his new book, Vancouver film critic David Spaner comes frothing out of the gate like Steven Spielberg’s war horse. Shoot It! is a comprehensive study of independent cinema in the U.S., Canada, Britain, and ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Death in Venice: A Queer Film Classic

By Will Aitken

For a long time gays and lesbians were acceptable in literature and film only so long as they were evil, tragic, or doomed. That’s the conclusion held by many queer scholars, like Vito Russo, author ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Zero Patience: A Queer Film Classic

By Susan Knabe and Wendy Gay Pearson

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Distrust that Particular Flavor

By William Gibson

Best-selling author William Gibson’s first book of non-fiction is a career-spanning collection of essays, reviews, and other short pieces. The author, who is not exactly known for his non-fiction, admits to some ambivalence in the ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Chairs Are Where the People Go: How to Live, Work and Play in the City

By Misha Glouberman with Sheila Heti

If you’ve ever wondered how to be better at charades, what’s good about Toronto’s Kensington Market, or why Harvard is so weird, Misha Glouberman has the answers. A collection of short chapters on topics Glouberman ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Blood, Sweat and Tears

By David Clayton-Thomas

As the former frontman for the Canadian rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, David Clayton-Thomas is no stranger to the spotlight. He has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and been given ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven

By Ross King

From a young age, Canadians learn about our country’s most famous painting movement in art classes, yet the Group of Seven’s dramatic landscapes and blazing depictions of Canada’s wilderness still don’t seem to get the ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

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