Book of the Month Club: Echo’s Bones by Samuel Beckett
“The dead die hard, they are trespassers on the beyond, they must take the place as they find it, the shafts and manholes back into the muck, till such time as the lord of [read on]
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Book of the Month Club: An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
“Every crew brings its own small, tethered ‘g meter,’ a toy or figurine we hang in front of us so we know when we are weightless. Ours was Klyopa, a small knitted doll [read on]
A Little History of Quebec Legal Systems & Other Quebec Curios
It’s Cartier’s fault, of course. Or maybe Champlain. Whether you count the discoverer or the first colony builder/explorer, it is partly their fault that Quebec has two [read on]
Blue Metropolis Sails to Colombia
A preview of the Canadian component to 2015’s Hay Festival, featuring writers Réal Godbout, Kim Thúy, Steven Pinker, and Annharte.
Book of the Month Club: All I Can Say for Sure by John McAuley
“Respect your instrument. Its offices will surprise. Work for true poems true to you. The rest are Styrofoam and glue.” (“Four Tweets to a Young Poet”) John McAuley [read on]
That 100+ word referendum question & other Quebec curios
Language is a sticky situation. One can look at it from many angles. From the flubs of politicians saying the right/wrong thing at a positively inopportune moment to [read on]
It’s the Plains of Abraham for a Reason & other Quebec curios
The absurdities of the Plains of Abraham and its legal effects on Quebec.
Book of the Month Club: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman’s latest is a journey into the magic of childhood and its contrast with the rationality of adults.
Drawing on His Roots from Grandmother’s Diary to Tintin: Interview with Philippe Girard
Cartoonist Philippe Girard talks about his career, influences and how his grand-mother inspired his latest book “La Grande Noirceur”
Book of the Month Club: THE GARMENTS OF COURT AND PALACE by Philip Bobbitt
Machiavelli re-examined as a not a scheming civil servant.
Book of the Month Club : The Universe Within by Neil Turok
Book about quantum physics from the CBC Massey lectures reviewed here.
Book of the Month Club: THE WORK OF POVERTY by Lance Duerfahrd
Lance Duerfahrd explores waiting for Godot and the significance of its various performances.
16th Blue Metropolis Comes Out Swinging
The 16th Blue Metropolis Festival celebrates writers and reading with a special focus on international authors this year.
Finding Another’s Identity In Photographs : Book Launch of Hana
Hagar Cygler found 46 pictures of a woman named Hana in a flea market. Cygler then decided to find out who Hana really was.
This is How You Lose Her Won’t Lose You
Never one to shy away from difficult subjects, Diaz’ This is How You Lose Her is a tour de force of language while presenting realistic and complex relationships.
The Book of Kitsch
Roxanne Arsenault curates a book collection about kitsch as part of the Formats X series at Librarie Formats.
The Curator of the Gendered .gif
Visual and new media artist Jennifer Chan curates .gifs by 25 international artists as part of .dpi 28 Gender(ed) Culture on the Internet launch.