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André Alexis interviewed
by Brad de Roo
by Brad de Roo
Based on a reading of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, André Alexis’ new novel, The Hidden Keys (Coach House Books), is the…
Author Emily Donaldson
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Signature Moves
by Breanna Mroczek
by Breanna Mroczek
When I first read Don DeLillo’s White Noise as an over-eager third-year English major, it felt like a revelation. This…
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Jay Hosking interviewed
by Brad de Roo
by Brad de Roo
Oshawa, Ontario-born, Vancouver-based Jay Hosking’s Toronto-set first novel, Three Years With the Rat (Hamish Hamilton), combines time travel to sci-fi noir…
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Madeleine Thien interviewed
by Brad de Roo
by Brad de Roo
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Knopf), Vancouver-born, Montreal-based Madeleine Thien’s latest novel, explores the Cultural Revolution and 1989 Tiananmen demonstrations through the eyes…
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The View From Shore: A Writer in Mid-Career Takes Stock
by Charles Foran
by Charles Foran
EARLY in 2006 I signed a contract with Knopf Canada to write a biography of Mordecai Richler. The advance was in…
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Robert Lecker’s Anthologizing Canadian Literature: Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives
by Alex Good
by Alex Good
For several decades now, McGill professor Robert Lecker has been one of the best academic commentators on the CanLit profession. That…
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Is That Quote For Here, or To Go?
by Diana Fitzgerald Bryden
by Diana Fitzgerald Bryden
It’s common wisdom that sex sells. In the rarified world of cafe sandwich boards, however, literature and the pithy quote remain the go-to.
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Chase and Catch
by Sally Cooper
by Sally Cooper
We learned our daughters’ names on a Friday in September, seven weeks after we were approved to adopt. We’d hunkered down for a long wait, had booked trips, bought a convertible…
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The World’s Smallest Bookstore Closes its (Only) Door for Good
by Ray Robertson
by Ray Robertson
The name of the World’s Smallest Bookstore is only a slight exaggeration. The original store, the one you first notice when…
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Pinball: A Walking Tour
by Emily Donaldson
by Emily Donaldson
On a cool night in May 2015, our fifteen-year-old son, Finn, went missing for three hours. For most parents of…