Yann Martel

In The High Mountains Of Portugal, Martel links tales of the dead and the grieving

Brian D. Johnson on the Canadian Oscar conspiracy: William Shatner, ’Argo’ and ’Life of Pi’

Ang Lee recreates the story of a shipwreck, a boy and a tiger in three dimensions

With his endless invention, the ’Amélie’ director is like a Gallic Terry Gilliam

His plan for his long-awaited follow-up to ‘Life of Pi’ didn’t quite work out

Maclean’s books blogger Brian Bethune picks his favourites

The reality of book awards is a crapshoot, but the crapshoot matters less and less

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