Valley of the Birdtail wins Dafoe prize
A chronicle of the tension, inequality and path to reconciliation between two Manitoba communities has won the J.W. Dafoe Book Prize for 2023. Andrew Stobo Sniderman...
Wonderland Water Park
Does the scorching heat of Rajasthan leave you exhausted? Do you want a refreshing, exciting and adventurous trip to beat the searing hot days? Wonderland Water...
Tempting tomes
For booksellers, publishers and authors, the holiday season is one that’s looked upon with great anticipation. For book lovers, of course, December is also a time...
Refugee recalls Syrian torture
This isn’t a memoir for the faint of heart. Author Jamal Saeed arrived in Canada as a refugee in 2016, after spending 12 years as a...
A quiet charm
Emily Urquhart is a Kitchener-based journalist and folklorist, which is to say, she is more than unusually interested in stories and how stories are told. Not...
Queen of clubs
Decadence paired with debauchery makes for a delicious glimpse into 1920s London nightlife in acclaimed writer Kate Atkinson’s Shrines of Gaiety. Known the world over for...
Weston’s memoir a riveting, emotional romp
Roz Weston, best known for his work on the nightly TV show, Entertainment Tonight Canada, and a Toronto morning radio show called The Roz and Mocha...
Collaborative novel brings beauty and pain
Olivia McAfee took over caring for her father’s hobby bees after he died suddenly, and “…became, almost by accident, the first commercially successful beekeeper in the...
Quebec’s salad sisters on mixing it up: a new Mandy’s cookbook, more Toronto outposts
TORONTO – The sisters behind Montreal’s popular eatery Mandy’s Gourmet Salads have their eye on much more than just spinning out new combinations of fancy greens...