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Staff Faves: The Golden Spruce
I never miss an opportunity to recommend one of my favourite books, The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant. In January 1997, Grant Hadwin, an expert woodsman and timber surveyor, travelled to Haida Gwaii...
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Did You Know?
… that Michael Bublé’s first foray into music was learning to sing his home address as a young child? His father thought it would help him to remember it. —Onstage Offstage: The Official Illustrated...
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Did You Know?
… that when Don Cherry was brought in as a guest commentator on Hockey Night in Canada, he was rejected by CBC executives for his poor grammar? —Wayne Gretzky’s Ghost: And Other Tales from a Lifetime...
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Did You Know?
… that Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae became friends at the University of Toronto in the 1960s, and spent a year as roommates in a flat above a shoe store near the campus? —When the Gods Changed: The...
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News from the BookLounge
I have discovered recently that so many people I know are affected by pain on a regular basis. If you or someone you know is struggling with pain of any kind, we’ve just published a fascinating book...
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Yasuko Thanh Wrote a Book
We would guess that Yasuko Thanh, author of the soon-to-be-published collection of short stories, Floating Like the Dead, must be pretty excited to see her work in a printed and bound book. But we can...
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Staff Faves: Erasing Memory
Every now and then a novel comes along that simultaneously fulfills the familiar demands of the mystery genre, while adding just enough new flavour to make the experience of reading both comfortable...
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Top 10 Books for Earth Day
Earth Day is right around the corner, on April 22. If you’re looking for some ideas on how to make more Earth-friendly choices in your life or if you just want to learn more about climate change take a...
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The Dish on “Mac” MacNeice
CURRICULUM VITAE br>“Mac” MacNeice br>Homicide Detective Superintendent Home Base: Dundurn, Ontario Passions: Jazz, opera, e. e. cummings, ornithology, photography and a shot or two of good...
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Staff Faves: Antigonick
As a voracious reader and English Lit student I spent my first few years of university harbouring a secret indifference to classical literature. Enter Anne Carson and Autobiography of Red, the book...
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