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Hendrix estate threatens lawsuit over song auction
The estate of Jimi Hendrix has announced plans to contest a $15-million US sale of the guitar legend's hit songs.
Berlin opera agrees to stage controversial Mozart production
The Deutsche Oper Berlin said Friday it plans to stage a Mozart production that was cancelled because of a scene featuring the severed heads of religious figures, including Muhammed.
CDs are dead: recording company CEO
A top recording industry executive on Friday said the music CD is dead and that recording labels must become more innovative if they hope to sell the discs in the future.
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Talks at impasse between Canadian actors, producers
ACTRA, the union representing Canadian performers in film and TV, has broken off talks with producers over issues of pay cuts and overtime rates.
Mark McKinney, Corner Gas winners at comedy awards
The TV series Corner Gas and former Kid In The Hall Mark McKinney were double winners at the 7th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards.
Character actor Arthur Hill dies
Veteran Canadian-born character actor Arthur Hill, a Tony Award winner and a frequent face on U.S. television from 1960 to 1990, has died at the age of 84.
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Film »

U.S. networks reject ads for Dixie Chicks doc
The company distributing the documentary Shut Up & Sing, about the Dixie Chicks' controversial remark against the U.S. president and his invasion of Iraq, says NBC and CW have rejected ads promoting the film.
Talks at impasse between Canadian actors, producers
ACTRA, the union representing Canadian performers in film and TV, has broken off talks with producers over issues of pay cuts and overtime rates.
Mark McKinney, Corner Gas winners at comedy awards
The TV series Corner Gas and former Kid In The Hall Mark McKinney were double winners at the 7th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards.
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Media »

Danish court dismisses Muhammad cartoon lawsuit
A court in Denmark has dismissed a lawsuit against the Danish newspaper that first published the infamous Prophet Muhammad cartoons that sparked a firestorm of protest around the world.
Oprah lauds Madonna for 'brave' adoption of Malawian boy
Oprah Winfrey called Madonna's controversial decision to adopt a 13-month-old boy from Malawi 'brave' during a taped interview with the singer that aired Wednesday.
Grunge king Cobain usurps top-earning dead celeb crown
A new king of rock has knocked Elvis Presley off his throne atop Forbes magazine's annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities.
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Art & Design »

Victoria and Albert ponders leasing of paintings
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England, is considering a plan to lease some of its 2,000 oil paintings to raise money for acquisitions.
Restoration touches up Pompeii's erotic past
Tourists in Pompeii, the ancient city covered in volcanic dust in AD 79, are lining up for a glimpse of the city's erotic past.
University to build new home for famed Black Star photo collection
Ryerson University, home to Canada's largest photography school, announced plans Thursday to build a new gallery and research facility to house its world-renowned Black Star photo collection.
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Theatre »

Opera tells tales of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
An unusual opera highlighting the plight of the homeless opens Friday in Vancouver's poorest neighbourhood.
Berlin opera agrees to stage controversial Mozart production
The Deutsche Oper Berlin said Friday it plans to stage a Mozart production that was cancelled because of a scene featuring the severed heads of religious figures, including Muhammed.
Character actor Arthur Hill dies
Veteran Canadian-born character actor Arthur Hill, a Tony Award winner and a frequent face on U.S. television from 1960 to 1990, has died at the age of 84.
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October 3, 2006

Literary Kicks
Inside the 2006 World Cup of Writers
By Craig Taylor

October 2, 2006

Modest Muse
Author J.G. Ballard's influence on modern music
By Mike Doherty

September 20, 2006

Brand New Heavy
Phaidon Design Classics provides an enormous, ambitious catalogue of industrial products from the past three centuries
By Richard Poplak

September 8, 2006

Drawing Out the Truth
The 9/11 commission report gets a graphic makeover
By Andre Mayer

September 7, 2006

The War at Home
Ken Kalfus pens the first satirical 9/11 novel
By Rachel Giese

August 29, 2006

Learning from History
Novelist Anita Rau Badami grapples with the Air India bombing
By Andre Mayer

July 6, 2006

Short and Bittersweet
Sandra Sabatini: short-story champion
By Andrea Curtis

June 5, 2006

Write of Passage
Madeleine Thien's quest for Certainty
By Alec Scott

May 25, 2006

Cult Figure
Telling the story of Madame Zee
By Andrea Curtis

May 25, 2006

Tuned Out
Panic in American TV land
By Stephen Cole

May 18, 2006

Mischievously Yours
Daniel Handler and his Adverbs
By Andre Mayer

May 10, 2006

Small World
Books offer history in a nutshell
By Alec Scott

May 8, 2006

A Recipe for Living
Caitlin Flanagan and her inner housewife
By Alison Gillmor

May 3, 2006

"This Book Will Change Your Life"
The reckless art of book blurbing
By Andre Mayer

April 27, 2006

About a Boy
David Mitchell on the perils of growing up
By Rachel Giese

April 11, 2006

Bonnie and Pride
Life fulfilment with Bonnie Fuller
By Rachel Giese

April 10, 2006

Novel Ambitions
A short list of politicians who write
By Alec Scott

April 7, 2006

Prize Fighters
Sizing up the Griffin Poetry Prize finalists
By Barbara Carey

April 6, 2006

Brother's Keeper
Ken Dornstein memorializes his brother in The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky
By Alec Scott

March 30, 2006

India Ink
Anosh Irani's Bombay dreams
By Rachel Giese

March 27, 2006

Dorm Watch
Mean Boy and the tradition of the academic satire
By Andre Mayer

March 17, 2006

When Irish Eyes Saw TV
John Doyle's A Great Feast of Light
By Greg Kelly

March 15, 2006

His Ames True
Literary quipster Jonathan Ames
By Andre Mayer

March 14, 2006

Sharing the Love
Adult fiction aimed at teens
By Andre Mayer

February 23, 2006

Bad Apple
Jay McInerney and the new New York
By Alec Scott

February 20, 2006

Birth of a Novel
Ami McKay and the midwives of Nova Scotia
By Andrea Curtis

January 26, 2006

Merchant of Menace
Eden Robinson gets into Blood Sports
By Rachel Giese

January 12, 2006

Writing Wrongs
A history of literary hoaxes
By Rachel Giese

January 11, 2006

Stop, Thieves
Searching for Iraq's stolen antiquities
By Joshua Knelman

January 10, 2006

Code Tread
A walk through Da Vinci's London
By Craig Taylor

January 5, 2006

Firebrand
Irving Layton, 1912-2006
By Stephen Marche

December 20, 2005

Is Fiction Dead?
2005: The year in books
By Rachel Giese

December 6, 2005

Fly Boy
Kenneth Oppel's high-altitude thrills
By Rachel Giese

November 16, 2005

Role Call
An homage to character actors
By Matthew McKinnon

November 8, 2005

Thriller at the Gillers
The horse race hits the home stretch
By Rachel Giese

November 7, 2005

Tale Gator
A chat with Giller nominee Lisa Moore
By Andre Mayer

November 2, 2005

Fellow Travellers
B.C. writers group makes waves
By Greg Buium

November 1, 2005

Girl Guide
Lori Lansens illuminates The Girls, her novel about conjoined twins
By Rachel Giese

October 25, 2005

Verse Case Scenario
Assessing the GG Poetry Nominees
By Barbara Carey

October 24, 2005

Comfort Zone
A conversation with David Rakoff
By Matthew McKinnon

October 18, 2005

Page Turners
Toronto lit-fest kicks off
By Andre Mayer

October 17, 2005

Bookmaker's Odds
How to win a CanLit Award
By Rachel Giese

July 20, 2005

What Went Wrong?
Writing on failed friendships
By Andrea Curtis

July 18, 2005

Special Ed
A new look at Chester Brown's influential comic Ed the Happy Clown
By Brad Mackay

July 11, 2005

No Muggles Allowed
Test your knowledge of Pottermania
By Kevin J. Siu

June 27, 2005

Vox Populi
Umberto Eco's new book explores the merits of mass entertainment
By Andre Mayer

June 8, 2005

Rugged Individual
John Vaillant’s great Canadian adventure tale
By Andrea Curtis

June 7, 2005

Back to Futures Past
The new Canadian sci-fi tradition
By Peter Darbyshire

June 6, 2005

Lost Coz
A new book charts the fall of Bill Cosby
By Lawrence Hill

May 18, 2005

Cruel Britannia
Novelist Jonathan Coe explores Blair's England
By Andre Mayer

May 16, 2005

Stuck on Youth
The new world of teen fiction
By Lauren Mechling

May 9, 2005

Alternative Canadian Walk of Fame
Inductee: Iron Man
By Brad Mackay

May 4, 2005

Brain Candy
A conversation with author Steven Johnson
By Christopher Shulgan

April 22, 2005

Send in the Clones
Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel, Never Let Me Go
By Katrina Onstad

April 14, 2005

Automated Storyteller
The curse of the prolific author
By Andre Mayer

April 11, 2005

Rhyme and Reason
Camille Paglia on the world’s best poetry
By Liz Hodgson

April 6, 2005

No Ordinary Day
Ian McEwan and the 9/11 novel
By Andre Mayer

April 1, 2005

Girl Trouble
Fear and self-loathing in chick lit
By Katrina Onstad

March 28, 2005

The Nature of Envy
Sheila Heti’s new novel, Ticknor
By Andrea Curtis

March 14, 2005

Iceland Journal
Cartoonist David Collier reports from Reykjavik
by David Collier

March 11, 2005

Storied Franchise
Is UBC CanLit's farm team?
By Greg Buium

February 14, 2005

Bedrooms of the Nation
Stephen Marche's racy debut proves that sex in CanLit is rarely just about pleasure
By Peter Darbyshire

February 3, 2005

Hey Kids! No Comics!
How the comic book almost disappeared
By Brad Mackay

February 3, 2005

Rueing the Consequences
Book Review: George Elliott Clarke's George & Rue
By Lawrence Hill

February 2, 2005

Dead Presidents
Brad Smith's new novel lampoons Civil War fanatics
By Andre Mayer

January 14, 2005

Book Club Virgin (And Proud Of It)
The scorn of the solitary reader
By Li Robbins

January 6, 2005

All The Lonely People
Douglas Coupland unveils his latest novel, Eleanor Rigby
By Katrina Onstad

January 4, 2005

2004: The Year in Canadian Books
By Andre Mayer

January 4, 2005

2004: The Year in International Books
By Andre Mayer