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The Reader
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Arrivals
- Arrivals: Recent books of note
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Whodunit
- Whodunit: mini reviews of mysteries
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Poetry
- Poetry: mini reviews of poetry books
Deirdre Baker
Small Print
- Small Print: mini reviews of books for tots to teens

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Entertainment
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Books

The Hotel on Place Vendome by Tilar J. Mazzeo: review comments

This week's top book reviews

Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte: review

Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte: review

The terrible cost of being busy. comments

This Is Not An Accident by April Wilder: review

This Is Not An Accident by April Wilder: review

Wilder is concerned with people’s paths to self-destruction and the effects of betrayal, in their relationships and in their daily lives. comments

All that is Solid Melts Into Air by Darragh McKeon: review

This novel is a truly cautionary tale for every society that uses nuclear power.comments
The Full Ridiculous by Mark Lamprell: review

“Average man” fights to live another day.comments
Long Man by Amy Greene: review

The author allows the back stories of this small but rich cast of characters to overlap in places, like thin pleats in a skirt. comments
Whodunit: mini reviews of mysteries

This week: In the Morning I’ll Be Gone, The Disappeared, The Stolen Ones, The Setup Man.comments
Arrivals: Recent books of note

Mount Terminus by David Grand: review

Tue Mar 25 2014

There are moments in Mount Terminus when the book becomes a powerful, satisfying dream machine.comments
Silver collector coin honours literary icon Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize win

Mon Mar 24 2014

Mint donating $10,000 to Writers’ Trust in Munro’s name.comments
Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler: review

Mon Mar 24 2014

Butler has delivered a revealing and heartening portrait of life in rural America.comments
Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte: review

Fri Mar 21 2014

The terrible cost of being busy. comments
Bestsellers

Fri Mar 21 2014

This week’s bestselling books in Canada comments
Arrivals: Recent books of note

Fri Mar 21 2014

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Whodunit: mini reviews of mysteries

Fri Mar 21 2014

This week: In the Morning I’ll Be Gone, The Disappeared, The Stolen Ones, The Setup Man.comments
Indian author Khushwant Singh dies at 99

Thu Mar 20 2014

Singh came into prominence after India got independence from Britain in 1947. He was a lawyer-turned-diplomat-turned-writer.comments
All that is Solid Melts Into Air by Darragh McKeon: review

Wed Mar 19 2014

This novel is a truly cautionary tale for every society that uses nuclear power.comments
This Is Not An Accident by April Wilder: review

Tue Mar 18 2014

Wilder is concerned with people’s paths to self-destruction and the effects of betrayal, in their relationships and in their daily lives. comments
The Full Ridiculous by Mark Lamprell: review

Tue Mar 18 2014

“Average man” fights to live another day.comments
Long Man by Amy Greene: review

Mon Mar 17 2014

The author allows the back stories of this small but rich cast of characters to overlap in places, like thin pleats in a skirt. comments
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi: review

Fri Mar 14 2014

Oyeyemi is hugely talented, and as fearless as she is funny. comments
Arrivals: Recent books of note

Fri Mar 14 2014

This week The Monkey’s Voyage, Nature’s Nether Regions, Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You, Citizen Canine, and The Sixth Extinctioncomments
Steven Galloway and the lessons of The Cellist of Sarajevo

Thu Mar 13 2014

Author of this year’s Toronto Public Library One Book decries the politics of division that pit “real” people against so-called “elites”comments
The Bosnia List by Kenan Trebincevic: review

Thu Mar 13 2014

The author's memoir of returning to his homeland to confront his enemies and thank his friends.comments
Oprah Winfrey to publish book of her essays

Wed Mar 12 2014

What I Know for Sure features the monthly essays that Winfrey has written for O, the Oprah Magazine. It will come out in September.comments
Notes From the Internet Apocalypse: Review

Wed Mar 12 2014

What’s a guy gonna do when the Internet goes missing? Get connected.comments
Keith Richards is writing a children’s book. No, really

Tue Mar 11 2014

Gus & Me is about Keith Richards’ beloved musician-grandfather. The book will be illustrated by Richards’ daughter.comments
Anne Rice brings Lestat back from the undead; new book on its way

Tue Mar 11 2014

Anne Rice’s first Vampire Chronicles book since 2003, Prince Lestat, is scheduled to come out just before Halloween.comments

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