Articles

Shocking Protestants

By Myrna Kostash | February 2, 2011

Myrna Kostash files a unique look at English History

Siegfried

By Norbert Ruebsaat | February 1, 2011

Norbert Ruebsaat files another in his series of meditations, this one about the mythical figure of Siegfried, who is more than mere myth to the narrator.

1986

By Jean Baird | February 1, 2011

It’s February. But in the Booker Trail it’s 1986, and Robertson Davies is almost the winner. Margaret Atwood gets on the shortlist, and neither wins…

1985

By Jean Baird | January 18, 2011

Jean Baird uploads her 1985 analysis, but she’s more interested in the machinations behind Canada Reads.

Heart and Soul (Media Studies)

By Norbert Ruebsaat | January 5, 2011

Norbert Ruebsaat describes a delicate cross-cultural disquisition.

1984

By Jean Baird | January 1, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot about expectations. As we become more experienced readers how much do our expectations affect our response to a novel? The rest of our lives ebb and flow with our expectations so why not reading? George and I  lost our sea legs in Singapore, but it took a while, and not…

Stephen Harper After Five Years As Prime Minister

By Brian Fawcett | January 1, 2011

Five years later: what do we know about Stephen Harper? Not much.

1983

By Jean Baird | December 27, 2010

Jean Baird uploads her analysis of 1983. She thinks Graham Swift should have won for Waterland. J.M. Coetzee did.

Julian Assange As Sexual Predator

By Wally Hourback | December 21, 2010

Our North Bay correspondant tries to figure out what’s really going on with the sexual assault charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing, and why he’s facing them

Ankle Lickers, and Other Things We Don’t Understand in North Bay

By Wally Hourback | November 13, 2010

Wally Hourback thinks the Toronto media has been bird-dogging the wrong writer.