"The problem with all large institutions," says Guy Vanderhaeghe, "is that they are essentially absurd." The Saskatchewan-based author of five novels and four collections of short fiction, Vanderhaeghe is almost jovial in the way he ... Read More »
There is a refrain that photographer Mark Raynes Roberts has heard over and over again from authors in the past year or so. The refrain is, “I hate having my picture taken.” Though this attitude ... Read More »
October 22, 2015
Earlier this week, reports emerged that a trio of Iranian artists had been sentenced to a combined 26 1/2 years in prison, in part for the crime of "insulting sanctities" in the Islamic republic. According ... Read More »
October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture
This Changes Everything may be the only film on which Alfonso Cuarón shares a producer credit with Seth Macfarlane. The documentary, directed by Avi Lewis and based on the best-selling 2014 book by Naomi Klein, ... Read More »
October 8, 2015 | Filed under: Authors
At an announcement this morning in Toronto, four of the five jury members for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize unveiled what must by any measure qualify as one of the strongest shortlists in the 22-year ... Read More »
October 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards
Anakana Schofield's stylistically audacious second novel and Patrick deWitt's mordantly funny revisioning of a European fable are among 12 books that have made the first cut for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Marquee names – ... Read More »
September 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards
In the history of feminism, the name Enheduanna does not rank highly, though it probably should. The daughter of the renowned Sumerian general Sargon of Akkad – also known as Sargon the Great – Enheduanna ... Read More »
August 13, 2015 | Filed under: Authors
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