The Bibliophile: A Good Short Story
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The Bibliophile: Small (or Large) Machines
Want to get new excerpts, musings, and more from The Bibliophile right away? Sign up for our weekly online newsletter here! *** Introducing Best Canadian Poetry 2025 It’s been a few years since […]
Media Hits: COMRADE PAPA, NEAR DISTANCE, A CASE OF MATRICIDE, and more!
IN THE NEWS! COMRADE PAPA Comrade Papa by GauZ’, translated by Frank Wynne (Oct 8, 2024), was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal! The review was published online on November […]
The Bibliophile: An Existential Tragedy
Want to get new excerpts, musings, and more from The Bibliophile right away? Sign up for our weekly online newsletter here! *** Graeme Macrae Burnet’s A Case of Matricide Graeme Macrae Burnet first […]
The Bibliophile: Conviction Addiction
Mark Kingwell on compassionate skepticism and the project of justice I’ve been reading Mark Kingwell since a beloved customer brought a laundry basket of books to my newly opened bookstore […]
DREAMING HOME wins the 2024 Fred Kerner Book Award!
We’re excited to share that Dreaming Home by Lucian Childs has won the Canadian Authors’ Association’s 2024 Fred Kerner Book Award! View the official announcement here. On Dreaming Home, one judge commented, […]
1934 wins the 2024 Speaker’s Book Award!
We’re thrilled to share that on November 4th, 1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ Barrier-Breaking Year by Heidi LM Jacobs was named the winner of the 2024 Speaker’s Book Award. 1934 […]
Media Hits: THE NOTEBOOK, A WAY TO BE HAPPY, THE PAGES OF THE SEA, and more!
IN THE NEWS THE NOTEBOOK The Notebook by Roland Allen (Sep 3, 2024) was reviewed in the New York Times on November 2! The review is available to read online here. […]
The Bibliophile: Confessions of a Literary Schlub
Want to get new excerpts, musings, and more from The Bibliophile right away? Sign up for our weekly online newsletter here! *** In addition to two other fine books, Mark Kingwell’s Question Authority […]
The Bibliophile: The Notebook by Roland Allen
Want to get new excerpts, musings, and more from The Bibliophile right away? Sign up for our weekly online newsletter here! *** During the 2023 London Book Fair I made what has become […]
