Sharon Johnston: The novelist at Rideau Hall
Brian Bethune talks to the vice-regal consort about her first novel, Matrons and Madams
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Brian Bethune
Brian Bethune writes about ideas, books and the book trade, and religion, but what really interests him is why people believe what they believe.
Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917: ’Like a scene out of Dante’
The battlefield still bears the scars left by the human genius for destruction
J.K. Rowling continues to cast magic
Rowling’s latest—a slim transcription of a speech she gave at Harvard—reminds us of her own spellbinding post-Potter story
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list, April 7
The hottest titles in both fiction and non-fiction
Beyond the pale: Living with albinism in Africa
The birth of a child with albinism drove Emily Urquhart to discover its medical and cultural fallout
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list, March 31
The hottest titles in fiction and nonfiction
J.K. Rowling and The Casual Vacancy: A sneak peek at its adaptation
A preview of the HBO series, plus Brian Bethune’s review of the adult novel by Harry Potter’s plotter
The science is in: God is the answer
Research shows kids raised with spirituality are happier and healthier in the vulnerable teen years. Why aren’t we all signing up?
Neanderthals vs. man’s best friend: Book review
Shipman presents evidence that seems to push the domestication of dogs back to the era of the Neanderthals’ demise
Living in terror of online shaming
Jon Ronson on the uses and abuses of digital shaming, the personal wreckage, and the fear you might be the next target