As far as most hockey fans are concerned, there’s only one No. 4. But throughout the 1950s and most of the ’60s – that is, before Bobby Orr ever laced up his skates – No. ... Read More »
August 22, 2016 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
With The Path of Most Resistance, his first new collection since the Scotiabank Giller Prize–shortlisted Whirl Away in 2012, Russell Wangersky affirms his position as one of the finest short-story writers currently working in this ... Read More »
August 22, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
At one point in The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter, David Sax tells the story of a marketing rep’s attempt to steer him away from writing another conventional book. She suggests ... Read More »
August 22, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
Most everyone has experienced the aggravation of temporarily losing cellphone or Internet services. But what would happen if all these forms of communication suddenly disappeared – simultaneously, and perhaps forever? How intense would the aggravation ... Read More »
August 16, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Despite a recent change in government and the widespread “Canada is back” rhetoric accompanying it, Canucks travelling abroad may still choose to keep the maple leaf decal off their backpacks after reading this stinging indictment ... Read More »
August 16, 2016 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
André Alexis’s new novel – Book 3 in a projected five-book sequence – takes place in a Toronto that will be instantly recognizable to anybody who has walked the same streets and slumped in the ... Read More »
August 8, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Emma Donoghue’s latest novel thrusts us back into a small, claustrophobic room. Inside is a child, and once again, the child’s life is in danger. An intense drama unfolds. You are never sure how it ... Read More »
August 8, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Jay Hosking has an interesting CV for a novelist, with both a PhD in neuroscience and an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. Given this hybrid background it’s perhaps not surprising ... Read More »
August 8, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
According to the publisher’s copy accompanying Leesa Dean’s debut story collection, “women [in fiction] are too often cast as inherently good.” It goes on to caution that the “perfectly imperfect” women within these pages “don’t ... Read More »
August 2, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
Screaming girls, flashing lights, and a dazzling smile. These are the images that come to mind when reminiscing about Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s rise to power, popularly known as Trudeaumania. This, however, is the antithesis of ... Read More »
August 2, 2016 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
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