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How 1920s British spy agency files reveal a proto-Cold War rife with intrigue
An expert on Russia discovered that bureaucrats and spies secretly gathered to watch Soviet movies
Ursula K. Le Guin, the sci-fi giant, takes on dystopia and social injustice
Le Guin: ’Can America go on living on spin and illusion, hot air and hogwash, and still be my country? I don’t know’
In the world of Canadian book prizes, fiction meets politics
Increasingly, Canadian writers are finding creative fire in issues, identity and the immigrant experience
Humans’ capacity for culture is the key to our success, an anthropologist argues
For Robert Boyd, the evolution of our culture is as biological—and critical—as the evolution of our pelvises
A very Toronto novel: Michael Redhill on his Giller Prize win
Writers are ’no longer shy’ about championing Toronto, says Redhill
Are ’green’ cities a big part of our problem with climate change?
One researcher claims Miami’s in danger of drowning and of running out of fresh water—and more of the world’s poor are clustering on marginal land
Louise Erdrich’s chilling portrayal of America as ’a disintegrating country’
The acclaimed author began her dystopian story 15 years ago, but in the Trump era it seems particularly relevant
David Chariandy wins 2017 Rogers Writers’ Trust prize
The Toronto-born writer takes home one of Canada’s biggest literary prizes
A.J. Jacobs investigates the philosophical quandary of family
When the author set out to hold a gigantic family reunion, he learned that being part of a clan is a complicated business