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