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Read MoreOur correspondant in North Bay, Wally Hourback, tries to comfort Torontonians about having elected Rob Ford as its new mayor. He thinks there’ll be a bright side.
Read MoreCaleb Powell prefers great writing to personal branding.
Read MoreA Propos of the time of year, Norbert Rubesaat uploads the first of a series of connected pieces about growing up German in Canada
Read MoreFall in Canada is prize season. In 2009, The Writers’ Trust of Canada changed its pattern to be part of the parade (previously the Trust awards were announced in the spring). So let’s do some comparison-shopping. The Writers’ Trust fiction prize short-list: Nicole Brossard (Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood, translator) Fences in Breathing Douglas CouplandGeneration A Annabel…
Read MoreBrian Fawcett reviews Patrick Lane’s 2008 debut novel, and finds it, well, overcooked.
Read MoreA friend of mine, Slobodan Drakulic, died unexpectedly a few days ago. I hadn’t seen him for almost 18 months, but I missed his company if not on a daily basis, then frequently enough that I was often dimly aware of a resented absence in my life, a hole that could only be filled by…
Read MoreBrian Fawcett reviews a recent translation of a 1947 book about fighting the Nazis from within. It generates some new thoughts about Marshall McLuhan’s view of human reality…
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