Arts

Welcome to Adulthood – New Adult Fiction

“There’s a period of time where adulthood feels like a new pair of shoes. The expectations of independence and self-sufficiency…

10 years ago

The Power of the Adolescent Girl

October 11 was the United Nations International Day of the Girl and this year’s theme is “The Power of the…

10 years ago

Thankful for Reading

The Reader bloggers are thankful for the books in their lives that have touched them in different ways - sometimes…

10 years ago

Furiously Happy: a funny book about horrible things by Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy: a funny book about horrible things by Jenny Lawson is an open, revealing book about and by a…

10 years ago

Spark Joy – the art of having less

It is curious to see the books that will resonate with people and end up on the bestseller lists. Marie…

10 years ago

Governor General’s Literary Awards 2015 – Finalists

Governor General's Literary AwardsEach year, the Canada Council for the Arts honours the best in Canadian literature with its Governor…

10 years ago

Scotiabank Giller Prize 2015- Shortlist

The Giller Prize was founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller,…

10 years ago

Nom-de-Plumes for Famous Folks

Thomas King is well known for working in different genres and media, and in 2014 won both the RBC Taylor…

10 years ago

Staff Pick: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

On the cover of Ta-Nehisi Coates' latest, Between the World and Me, the celebrated novelist Toni Morrison declares, "this is…

10 years ago

Staff Pick—The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

On Twitter, someone asked, “If you could drop everything to read one book right now, which would it be?” My…

10 years ago