Book review: Urquhart’s latest literary triumphJane Urquhart’s eighth novel is a gorgeously written, virtuosic weaving of time, place and characters connected in profound ways
The true story of an American warlord: Book reviewAmerican Warlord is required reading for human rights advocates, even if it occasionally tumbles into laborious minutiae, writes reviewer Michael Fraiman
Perfect answers and creeping doubt: Book reviewA new memoir details one man’s decision to leave an ultra-conservative strain of Hasidic Judaism for the modern world
Sharon Johnston: The novelist at Rideau Hall Brian Bethune talks to the vice-regal consort about her first novel, Matrons and Madams
How the bed bug took over the worldThere is no surefire way to be rid of the scourge of bed bugs; there’s a reason we use the term ‘pest control’ and not ‘pest annihilation’
J.K. Rowling continues to cast magicRowling’s latest—a slim transcription of a speech she gave at Harvard—reminds us of her own spellbinding post-Potter story
’The Royal We’: A delicious romp of a royal romancePatricia Treble on a hilarious, perceptive gem from the creators of the Go Fug Yourself website that doesn’t merely retell Kate and William’s story
Book review: The triumph of seedsIn his book, Hanson asks us to consider something as seemingly mundane as seeds for the complex marvel that it is
Book review: A world gone byThere are no heroes in Lehane’s universe: The good guys are usually merely trying to make the best choice from an array of horrible options.