J.K. Rowling reinforces herself as a mystery writer
Book review of The Silkworm, J.K. Rowling’s latest under her Robert Galbraith pseudonym
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Jason Kendall tells us how baseball is really played
Book review: Throwback: A Big League Catcher Tells Us How The Game Is Really Played
Scott Pilgrim grows up
It’s been a four-year wait for new work by Bryan Lee O’Malley. But it’s also been four tough ones for the Canadian who blends art and life
How to Be a Better Canadian: Read
Brian Bethune’s essential guide to Canadian literature
Lee Grant’s memoir ’a gutsy tale, told with naked honesty’
Book review of ’I Said Yes To Everything’
Beware the friendly journalist next door
Review of ’The Mockingbird next Door: Life With Harper Lee’
A whole new picture of the origins of the Great War
Review of July Crisis: The World’s Descent into War
Charles and David Koch: most despised monsters for the left
Colby Cosh reviews ’Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty’
Cartoonist’s graphic memoir tackles parental old age and death
Review of ’Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant’ by Roz Chast
How to be a better Canadian: Read Canadian literature
Maclean’s presents an instalment in our patriotic video series designed to hone your skills, add to your already encyclopedic knowledge of this great country and generally make you a super-Canadian. In this edition: The books that best capture the eternal themes that make CanLit Canadian, by Maclean’s senior writer Brian Bethune.