Past Governor General’s Literary Award winners on the books carrying them through the pandemic
Books for distraction, escape or deep-dives into current events: Canada’s award-winning authors reflect on their literature consumption amidst COVID-19
Books
The horrors and benefits of human conflict
Renowned historian Margaret MacMillan explores war’s significance and legacy—and what she’s worried about right now
A new book calls on Canadians to mobilize for the climate crisis like World War II
In Seth Klein’s newly released book, A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, he presents a comprehensive climate action plan that requires Canadians to act as if they’re off to war
Supernatural evil in the White House
Just like future dystopias, horror stories are almost always tales of their times. Andrew Pyper’s forthcoming novel ’The Residence,’ explores the presence of a demon within the White House walls.
Why did Ed the Sock compare Jagmeet Singh to Jughead, the misunderstood Archie character?
Nick Taylor-Vaisey: ’Jughead’ was a racist insult thrown at Singh as a kid. Whatever the Sock’s intention, his premise is flawed. Jughead Jones is brilliant.
’I think that my father murdered my mother.’
Jeff Blackstock unravels the story of his mother’s death in the 1950s and lays it in the hands of his father, who at the time was a Canadian diplomat
The real reason authoritarian populism is on the rise: it’s simple
American-Polish writer Anne Applebaum probes the decline of a just society in the U.S., Britain and Poland in a new book, titled ’Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism’
How the ’Normal People’ TV series redeemed the novel for me
The relationship between Marianne and Connell in Sally Rooney’s book was indeed very “sticky,” but I thought the writing didn’t do it justice, writes Dafna Izenberg
You’ve been breathing all wrong
Hey mouth-breathers! Use your nose to boost your immune system, your circulation, your mood and even your sexual functioning
19 books you should read this summer
Here are new works of fiction and non-fiction, recently published or upcoming, to engage and delight readers in the warmer months