A rite of passage for many is to sling a backpack over one’s shoulder and tramp around Europe and Asia for months at a time, with only a few dollars and a phrase book. Friendships ... Read More »
August 22, 2011 | Filed under: Reference
Toronto author Maureen Jennings is no stranger to the mystery genre. Her celebrated Detective Murdoch novels are the basis for Murdoch Mysteries, a television series that has had success around the world. While she is ... Read More »
August 15, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Brian Francis, author of Canada Reads finalist Fruit (ECW Press), has written an ambitious second novel that dissects the disastrous relationship between a mother and her gay son. Despite an occasionally heavy-handed narrative style and ... Read More »
August 8, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
In 2008, the year following the death, at 76, of Jane Rule, an academic named Linda M. Morra made a startling discovery. Among the late author’s papers at the University of British Columbia, she found ... Read More »
August 2, 2011 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
In the first section of “Five Preludes,” the opening poem of Sharon Thesen’s ninth collection, a woman is caught in a moment of indecision about which hat she should wear when going out. Each of ... Read More »
July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Poetry
The truth is out there ... and so are the truthers. National Post editor Jonathan Kay uses this label, originally derived from the 9/11 Truth Movement, to designate conspiracists of all stripes, not just those ... Read More »
July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The Yorkville area of downtown Toronto was its own village in the 19th century, but got amalgamated into the city as the metropolis expanded northward. It remained a low-rent and low-rise area until discovered by ... Read More »
July 26, 2011 | Filed under: History
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
What do the following names have in common: Abella, Binnie, Charron, Cromwell, Deschamps, Fish, LeBel, McLachlin, Rothstein? These are the nine justices currently sitting on the Supreme Court of Canada. Despite their influence over life ... Read More »
July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
As the author of 10 books, including the 1999 Governor General’s Literary Award winner Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource, Marq de Villiers has earned the right to be bold, and, whether you ... Read More »
July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
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