My Cat Looks Like My Dad is the latest picture book from the inventive collage artist Thao Lam, author of Wallpaper and Skunk on a String. In this book, Lam tells the story of a ... Read More »
April 15, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
On Feb. 7, 2019, The Globe and Mail published a front-page story alleging inappropriate influence from members of the Prime Minister’s Office – up to and including the PM, Justin Trudeau – with the intent ... Read More »
April 15, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews
On Feb. 7, 2019, The Globe and Mail published a front-page story alleging inappropriate influence from members of the Prime Minister’s Office – up to and including the PM, Justin Trudeau – with the intent ... Read More »
April 15, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews
“Avant-garde writing in English Canada has never enjoyed much more than a token degree of prestige among the literati of this country,” write Gregory Betts and Christian Bök in the introduction to their recent critical ... Read More »
April 11, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews
From Kevlar and Corn Flakes to pacemakers and ice pops, How to Become an Accidental Genius presents a vibrant and brainy compendium of “accidental” innovations from the last 200 years. Award-winning authors Elizabeth MacLeod and ... Read More »
April 11, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
In the prose poem “ADIDAS,” from Domenica Martinello’s debut collection, the speaker asks: “If you are the siren why do you balk at rebranding? A hot iron can turn a sea cow into iconography. Split-tailed, ... Read More »
April 8, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry
In the prose poem “ADIDAS,” from Domenica Martinello’s debut collection, the speaker asks: “If you are the siren why do you balk at rebranding? A hot iron can turn a sea cow into iconography. Split-tailed, ... Read More »
April 8, 2019 | Filed under: Poetry
As calendar year 2019 dawned, political junkies were staring in wonder at the pitched battle raging between U.S. president Donald Trump and incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Literary junkies, on the other hand, ... Read More »
April 8, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
If you are the sort of person who is delighted by the mere existence of a book about historical programming on the CBC, then you will likely find much to recommend in Monica MacDonald’s Recasting ... Read More »
April 8, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Reviews
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