Why baseball lends itself to philosophical speculationAuthor Mark Kingwell calls baseball ’a game...whose main feature is inaction punctuated by outbursts’
Barbara Gowdy’s mantra: ‘Just lie on your back and write’Despite chronic pain, the author delivers another Gowdyesque novel, replete with absurdist humour
Donald Trump is stuck in the 1980sFor 30 years Trump has cocooned himself in his Manhattan tower. Luckily, there’s a document that offers a window into his insulated mind.
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: Week of April 4From George Saunders to Trevor Noah, these are the hottest fiction and non-fiction titles of the week
How a nice, middle-class boy became a Hells Angel—then an informerDave Atwell became the highest-ranking member of the Hells Angels ever to co-operate with the law
April books: dystopias and arty dogsThis month’s must-reads: Fiction from North Korea, a second U.S. Civil War, a space spider, art-world frenzy and more
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: Week of Mar. 26From Neil Gaiman to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, these are the hottest fiction and non-fiction titles of the week
How crop monocultures are threatening our food supplyParasites and pathogens are becoming resistant to pesticides and herbicides, and climate change means an influx of new pests
How Canada’s bloodiest day at Vimy defined Great War sacrificeCanadians think of Vimy Ridge as the moment our nation came of age. It is less than that—and more, too.
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: Week of Mar. 19Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book debuts in the top spot of our non-fiction list. See what else flew off the shelves