The Reader

Pew pew pew!: Kids and Guns

How does it begin? Whether as a relative's passive aggressive attempt to annoy me or a birthday party gift picked…

10 years ago

9 Books to Watch for This May

In addition to new titles from big Canadian names David Adams Richards (Principles to Live By -- May 17) and…

10 years ago

The Audio Alternative

Unlike many of my colleagues and friends, I am sadly unable to read on the bus. A couple years ago…

10 years ago

Staff Pick – The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

How well do you know your neighbours?That very question was one of many sources of inspiration for Neil Gaiman’s eerie…

10 years ago

Staff Pick – The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker is a difficult story to pin down. In our catalogue, it's not…

10 years ago

Staff Pick: Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler

Lyrical and engaging, Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler is really a story about the pull of a small town. Henry,…

10 years ago

Happy Birthday Nabokov!

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov is considered of the world's greatest writers. Born on April 22nd, 1899 in Saint Petersburg to a…

10 years ago

Little Bee in Persian and English

Welcome to our newest blogger, Mahboubeh!Firstly, I am so excited to share my reading experience in two languages, English and…

10 years ago

Exploring Autism

I recently came across a Reddit thread that asked people with autism what they wished others could understand about their…

10 years ago

Family Secrets

Memoirs and autobiographies are among the most popular non-fiction genres. There a lots of subgenres in this field (my own…

10 years ago