Canadians paid the price for British mistakes in Dieppe, says British historian
In his book Operation Jubilee, military historian Patrick Bishop offers a retelling of the raid during the war in 1942 and its cost to Canadian lives
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Books
Six books to read this winter
Engaging new reads for the holiday season
The crime novel second acts of Chris Hadfield and Beverley McLachlin
This fall is a season for new or newly announced crime novels penned by people famous in other fields
Our ancient ancestors may have been more civilized than we are
A new book offers a version of history in which we lived for thousands of years in large and complex societies without kings or cops
Bingeing into the 21st century with artist Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland on his new book, ’Binge’ — a collection of darkly funny micro-stories Coupland describes as ’an X-ray of a culture at a certain time’
Three new books to read in October
New long reads to spend your evenings with
Bruce Kidd on how sport and society are tightly interwoven—in the world and in his life
Q&A: The Canadian athlete discusses his memoir, ’A Runner’s Journey’, and how athletics and social activism are inseparable for him
The Esi Edugyan story according to Google
She’s a two-time Giller winner for ’Half-Blood Blues’ and ’Washington Black.’ She’s a public intellectual. She’s not a nutritionist. What else do you want to know?
Indigenous voices are changing the film industry. ’Canada needs to sit, listen and watch.’
Jesse Wente on his memoir and why he’s arguing for ’narrative sovereignty’ in Indigenous arts
A look back at the never-ending nature of epidemics
The more we learn about pathogens, the clearer it becomes that we’ll never escape them