Loan Stars

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Jim Ryce is a Toronto-based freelance portrait and

It’s time for a new kind of protest

LIKE MUCH of the world, many in the Canadian books

A painstaking effort

Barbara Gowdy persevered through chronic pain and illness to write her first novel in 10 years

True costs

Newfoundland and Labrador’s new book tax has the province’s literary community concerned for the future

Writer’s remorse

Honesty is the best policy when writing about family – especially if your story isn’t entirely true

Global warning

Botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger’s documentary sparks renewed interest in her 2010 nature book

London calling

McGill-Queen’s sets its sights overseas with the opening of its U.K. office

Uncivil war

My novel is not particularly prescient, it’s more that reality is now encroaching on fiction, writes OMAR EL AKKAD

The house that Dennis built

On the 50th anniversary of House of Anansi, the press he co-founded, the renowned poet returns with a career-spanning edition of his collected work

The essential Dennis Lee

Eight milestones in the career of a Canadian poet, children’s author, and national icon

Meeting the mark

Book clubs often are dismissed as an excuse for women to gossip and drink wine. But it’s hard to ignore their influence on sales

Covering the world

How the Girly Book Club grew into a global network of thousands of readers

Sacred and profane

A trio of collections employ creative approaches to language as a means of accessing the immaterial

Ideas and reminders

Collections from Michael V. Smith and Elana Wolff differ wildly in their formal approaches

Jam bands

Volumes from Mary di Michele and Suzannah Showler showcase similar poets at different career stages

Bodies still and moving

Story collections from Cary Fagan and Paul Carlucci offer varying degrees of toughness and solidity

Bitter ashes

Joel Thomas Hynes traverses familiar territory in his latest novel

Letter carrier

Bill Richardson’s tale of a robber with a penchant for vowels and consonants is a fun literary romp

Food for thought

Two new non-fiction titles aim to give kids the tools to make wise food choices

Scope for imagination

Melanie J. Fishbane’s novelization of a teenaged L.M. Montgomery will hold most appeal for diehard fans of the lauded author’s canon

Tragic centennial

Three books look back at the seminal First World War battle of Vimy Ridge

Reeling in the kids

Bryan Michael Stoller designed his new book-in-a-box for budding Spielbergs and Scorseses