Fiction

Wildlives

This is a book to savour on summer afternoons in the country. Monique Proulx, who has written evocatively about ...

By Mary Soderstrom

I is Another

"Only connect," wrote E.M. Forster, because that is the only truly important human activity. The underbelly of ...

By Elizabeth Johnston

Kaspar

Diane Obomsawin's Kaspar is a graphic novel that deals with a historical misfit; the cartoonists eschews ...

By Claude Lalumière

Porny Stories

So how many of you assume that women fantasize primarily about romance - about meeting some gorgeous hunk who ...

By Adriana Palanca

Stripmalling

In Fiorentino's latest work, a writer named Jonny - who coincidentally strongly resembles the author in name, ...

By Kate Forrest

Intimate Dialogues

"'Oh! If only I had a cat to keep me company!'" These words set off yet another fruitless discussion between a ...

By Kate Forrest

Two Trails Narrow

Sometimes it pays to be a rebel. "I've found that the contrarian instinct, the 'wrong' reaction, the socially ...

By Kimberly Bourgeois

Zoo

Great photography, like great writing, is all about making the right choices. Sometimes the choices are easy and ...

By Laura Roberts

Anna’s Shadow

At a time when reality is darkened by global recession, readers can seek escape in the rich, imaginative world of ...

By Ami Sands Brodoff

Eva’s Threepenny Theatre

This is a lovely book, with its thick, rich paper, its French flaps, and its bold red and black graphics. The ...

By Mary Soderstrom

The White Space Between

Almost everyone has a photo album, full of black and white pictures with old-fashioned white borders, inherited ...

By Elizabeth Johnston

The Murder Stone

Louise Penny has made an inspired choice of locale for her fourth Chief Inspector Gamache mystery. She has moved ...

By Elspeth Redmond