Non-Fiction

Canada’s Forgotten Slaves

uring much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the phenomenon of slavery in New France was virtually ...

By Jean Coléno

In Translation

In Translation

n her introduction to this new book of essays on Canadian literary translator Sheila Fischman, editor Sherry Simon ...

By Katia Grubisic

Off the Books

ne chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz,” American rock guitarist, ...

By Kimberly Bourgeois

The Legacy of Tiananmen Square

everal years ago, a Chinese newspaper found itself in hot water after a young employee authorized the publication ...

By Kate Forrest

Dying to Live

veryone is dying to live: cancer patients, amateur yoginis, guests on Oprah. Inspirational posters on Facebook ...

By Leila Marshy

Life on the Home Front

andy production dropped. Butter was hard to get. Women joined the workforce. And tens of thousands of men ...

By Dane Lanken

The Secret of the Blue Trunk

here are some books that deserve to be read in one sitting. When read uninterrupted, their narrative power ...

By Lesley Trites

The Orphanage

lthough the back cover of Richard Bergeron’s autobiography, The Orphanage, suggested the book ...

By Oksana Cueva

Going Too Far

oing Too Far: Essays About America’s Nervous Breakdown is the latest collection of non-fiction by Ishmael ...

By Jean Coléno

An Illustrated History of Quebec

rom the Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 up to Bill 101 and Bill 22, and the CEQ and the FTQ, the ...

By Dane Lanken

Brain Wars

or a study on the nature of consciousness, neuroscientist Mario Beauregard’s Brain Wars makes for ...

By Sarah Fletcher