’Canada is a dangerous place’
André Alexis on the strangeness of arriving in Ottawa from Trinidad
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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.
‘I won’t stop now’
Viola Robinson, a Mi’kmaq activist, became a lawyer at 62
’I didn’t give them any coaching advice. I kept my mouth shut.’
Len Kropioski is an optimistic Winnipeg Jets fan
‘The thrill was indescribable’
Bill Lishman on the beauty of ultralight aircraft
Proof we’ll never understand Russians
Book review: Jeff Parker’s new book is as off-kilter as a Kurt Vonnegut novel, and wholly absorbing
A book to inspire both pleasure and paranoia
A review of The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers, by Roelf Bolt
Outlander gives Game of Thrones a run for its money
Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling baroque time-travel romance finally gets its own epic TV run
The Interview: The psychology of online abusers
Journalist Paula Todd on online abusers, the joy they get from hurting others—and the rise of adult cyberbullies
Cars vs. people
From 2014: How a few simple changes to our roads and our vehicles could bring traffic fatalities down—to zero
After The Dinner conversation with Herman Koch
The Dutch author on plot, characters and the element of discovery