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Book Review: Solitary writer ruminates on grief, love and writing during pandemic's first spring

Book Review: Solitary writer ruminates on grief, love and writing during pandemic's first spring

The flood of pandemic literature shows no sign of letting up. In the three-plus years since the COVID-19 lockdown, we have seen fiction from the likes of Gary Shteyngart, Elizabeth Strout and many others.
Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as a warning for the US in new graphic memoir 'Worm'

Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as a warning for the US in new graphic memoir 'Worm'

Decades before Edel Rodriguez made his iconic, mouth-only political illustration of Donald Trump for the cover of Time magazine, he was a boy growing up in Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
New book commemorates former Montreal neighbourhood bulldozed for Expo 67

New book commemorates former Montreal neighbourhood bulldozed for Expo 67

MONTREAL — There is almost nothing to suggest that the mix of parking lots and industrial lands near Montreal's Victoria Bridge was once a vibrant residential neighbourhood.
Vast digital trove of recordings by Canadian literature greats nears completion

Vast digital trove of recordings by Canadian literature greats nears completion

EDMONTON — Jason Camlot was chatting with his new boss in the English department of Montreal's Concordia University in 1999 when he spotted a dusty cardboard box of 80 reel-to-reel tapes in a corner of the department head's office. He asked about it.
In 'By the Ghost Light,' R.H. Thomson urges us to think differently about war

In 'By the Ghost Light,' R.H. Thomson urges us to think differently about war

TORONTO — There are three narratives that shape our perception of war, actor R.H. Thomson writes in his family memoir.
Britney Spears' memoir a million seller after just one week since its release

Britney Spears' memoir a million seller after just one week since its release

NEW YORK (AP) — Britney Spears' memoir “The Woman in Me” has sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S. alone through its first week.
Henry Winkler rises above dyslexia to write children's books and a memoir: 'There is always a way'

Henry Winkler rises above dyslexia to write children's books and a memoir: 'There is always a way'

If Henry Winkler is not a morning person, it's impossible to tell. He's logged onto Zoom for an interview about his new memoir but occasionally is interrupted by a phone call — which he answers with a cheery “Good Morning.
Book Review: Henry Winkler grapples with the Fonz and dyslexia in his entertaining new memoir

Book Review: Henry Winkler grapples with the Fonz and dyslexia in his entertaining new memoir

Henry Winkler's memoir begins on a Tuesday morning in October 1973, at his first audition for “Happy Days.” He was almost 28 — quite a bit old for a high schooler — and struggling with something he didn't know had a name. “Being Henry: The Fonz...

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (Gallery Books) 2. The Secret by Andrew Child & Lee Child (Random House Publishing Group) 3. The Exchange by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 4.
Shawn Levy on adapting celebrated novel 'All the Light We Cannot See' for the screen

Shawn Levy on adapting celebrated novel 'All the Light We Cannot See' for the screen

TORONTO — Adapting a beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel into a Netflix series sounds like a daunting task, but Canadian director-producer Shawn Levy says bringing “All the Light We Cannot See” to the screen didn’t feel that way for a simple reason
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