RBC Taylor Prize nominees: M.G. Vassanji, bound by East Africa’s call
Drawing on his sense of ‘mad belonging,’ M.G. Vassanji crafted an insider’s account of his place of birth
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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.
The Maclean’s bestseller list
Who was reading what the week of Feb. 17
Dr. Seuss comes back
’What Pet Should I Get?’ will hit bookstores this summer, 24 years after the author’s death
Upgraded humans and the quest for a better world
The author is optimistic about humanity’s fate, even welcoming ‘the Singularity,’ when artifical intelligence exceeds the human capacity
The Maclean’s bestseller list
The hottest books in fiction and non-fiction
Will Harper Lee’s new mockingbird sing?
The burnished glow around Harper Lee may not survive 21st-century scrutiny
Albert Watson: The man who shot everyone
Legendary photographer Albert Watson looks back on a career of photographing the most beautiful and famous people in the world
The true measure of Nelson Mandela
Mandela was what his nation needed, and had no right to expect. He was released from prison 25 years ago on Feb. 11, 1990
Bestsellers, week of Feb. 10
The hottest books in fiction and non-fiction
The doomed, century-old war on drugs: Book review
For the last hundred years, says the author, the war on drugs has been a monumental, expensive, destructive and tragic failure