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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.

In 2014, the secularists vs. religionists war on Christmas seemed to be finally over. The winner: Santa Claus.

This week’s hottest fiction and non-fiction titles

This week’s hottest fiction and non-fiction titles

Authors Guldi and Armitage have some advice for the Historians of the world: it’s time to go big.

Thousands of years of history are unravelling as minority faiths flee religious persecution

As tightly knit and powerfully evocative as anything human religious sensibility has created, writes reviewer Brian Bethune.

When the Toronto International Book Fair opens this week, it will take writers directly to readers

This week’s hottest fiction and non-fiction titles

Brian Bethune’s quick report from a gala where an underdog triumphed and an ex-host wasn’t missed

The meaning of Remembrance Day and how Canada views its war memorials changes over time