Remember that old joke about the new-to-the-industry suit who asks his publishing colleagues why they don't publish only bestsellers? Well, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki suggests – a little optimistically, perhaps – that we ... Read More »

Remember that old cliché "be careful what you wish for?" Emily Wilson of the Coulee News in West Salem, Wisconsin, reports on the life of a woman employed in a profession that ranks high among ... Read More »

In the new "Summer Reading" issue of The Walrus, former National Post books editor Andy Lamey calls for more harsh criticism in book reviewing land. In doing so, he recounts some frustrations from his Post ... Read More »