I read The Fire Gospel last night/early this morning. Michel Faber’s satiric examination of the current marketability of religious narratives is everything it promised to be: “provocative… more →
The Blotted LineSonja wrote 1 hour ago: In fact, I read even MORE on vacation than I normally do, which puts me way the hell behind on my up … more →
cinebaap wrote 3 weeks ago: WALTER MURCH I first got to know about Murch when I read some years back that Michael Ondaatje had w … more →
macleans.ca wrote 1 month ago: The Caribbean shimmers in sunlight behind me. Another sea, waves of people, 2,500 strong, sits in fr … more →
Jan Andrea Hall wrote 1 month ago: Royal City Rag on May 27 focused on the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival. Festival Director of Operatio … more →
Jan Andrea Hall wrote 1 month ago: We’re devoting the whole of Royal City Rag on May 27 to the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival which … more →
vintagebooks wrote 1 month ago: The VintageAnchor Twitter’s backlist title of the day linked to an LA Times review of the new … more →
Jan Andrea Hall wrote 1 month ago: You know that summer is just around the corner when we start discussing the wonderful festivals that … more →
bermudaonion wrote 2 months ago: As World War II comes to an end, a young Canadian nurse, Hanna, has decided to stay behind at an It … more →
ccyager wrote 2 months ago: In the last few weeks, I’ve stumbled across a book several times that’s coming out this … more →
stevenhartwriter wrote 2 months ago: Our northern nabes have launched Project Bookmark Canada with the idea of creating a coast-to-coast … more →
lena wrote 3 months ago: The English Patient reads like a dream. It takes place in a dilapidated Italian villa as World War … more →
coatesn wrote 3 months ago: Ondaatje’s masterpiece puts four unknowns together in an abandoned nunnery and traces the path … more →
Seamus Swords wrote 3 months ago: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K Lee Janice Y. K. Lee has written her first novel to much acclaim, af … more →
lena wrote 3 months ago: I love spring break, because usually the flowers are blooming and the sun is out. I can wear happy, … more →
marquisrufous wrote 4 months ago: The unrecorded stories of King/Charles/Buddy Bolden. Intro to Buddy Bolden – Wynton Marsalis … more →
writehanded wrote 4 months ago: I promised I’d share my favourite bit of Michael Ondaatje’s autobiography, Running in th … more →
lisadalrymple wrote 4 months ago: The Cinnamon Peeler by Michael Ondaatje If I were a cinnamon peeler I would ride your bed and leave … more →
waven wrote 4 months ago: Well, as for my last post, good riddance to bad rubbish. (If you haven’t read it yet, feel fr … more →
amyking wrote 10 months ago: Farewell, David Foster Wallace WORTH IT above – Wallace on Charlie Rose. Let it load and … more →