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First edition of Harry Potter book being auctioned in U.K.comments

This week's top book reviews

Chris Eaton, a Biography is really a novel by Chris Eaton: Review

Chris Eaton, a Biography is really a novel by Chris Eaton: Review

The author has created a novel based on his namesakes (and himself) found on the Internetcomments

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini: Reviewcomments

Thu May 16 2013
Country Girl by Edna O’Brien: Reviewcomments

Thu May 16 2013
Arrivals: Recent books of note about gardeningcomments

Thu May 16 2013

Bernard Waber, author and creator of beloved Lyle the crocodile, dies at age 91

Mon May 20 2013

Author created favourites like “The House on East 88th Street” and “Lyle, Lyle Crocodile.”comments
Through Google, Chris Eaton found other Chris Eatons and based a novel on them

Fri May 17 2013

At 300 and counting he put "their" story togethercomments
Chris Eaton, a Biography is really a novel by Chris Eaton: Review

Thu May 16 2013

The author has created a novel based on his namesakes (and himself) found on the Internetcomments
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini: Review

Thu May 16 2013

A book possibly as complex as the country it describes comments
This week’s bestsellers in Canada

Thu May 16 2013

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Country Girl by Edna O’Brien: Review

Thu May 16 2013

And that doesn't even begin to describe the wonderful writing that maintained itcomments
Arrivals: Recent books of note about gardening

Thu May 16 2013

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The Town Below by Roger Lemelin: Look back

Thu May 16 2013

A re-issue of The Town Below, a classic tale about Quebec Citycomments
Dan Brown mania hits Toronto as his new book Inferno hits bookstores

Tue May 14 2013

Inferno, which follows Robert Langdon on the run in Italy and relying on mysterious codes that allude to Dante, is already top of bestseller listscomments
Time Reborn by Lee Smolin: Review

Fri May 10 2013

Book delves into crisis in physics and future of the universecomments
David Sedaris’ at home in his own world, Sedarisland

Fri May 10 2013

Don’t ask U.S. humorist what he’s done that day, or you’re likely to spend the next hour or so wandering around that wacky place known as Sedarisland.comments
Toronto Comic Arts Festival: Art Spiegelman reluctantly reflects

Fri May 10 2013

The creator of the famous comic Maus is among the featured guests at this weekend’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival and will promote his new retrospective book, Co-Mix.comments
Toronto Comics Arts Festival highlights

Fri May 10 2013

Must-see authors and eventscomments
The Mothers by Jennifer Gilmore: Review

Fri May 10 2013

The complexities of modern day adoption revealedcomments
The End of Sex by Donna Freitas: Review

Fri May 10 2013

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to losecomments
A Delicate Truth by John Le Carré: Review

Fri May 10 2013

Le Carré moves his steely gaze from the Eastern Bloc to new age mercenariescomments
Science Fiction: Mini reviews of the latest science fiction books

Fri May 10 2013

Man in the Empty Suit, The Inner City, The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse comments
This week’s bestsellers in Canada

Fri May 10 2013

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Poetry reviews

Fri May 10 2013

Archive of the Undressed by Jeanette Lynes and Church of the Exquisite Panic: The Ophelia Poems by Carol Glasser Langillecomments
Arrivals: Recent books of note

Fri May 10 2013

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