Re-Joyce! It’s Bloomsday 2021!
It’s Bloomsday 2021! Read up about the events to happen this year and plan out your day!
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MONTREAL NOW: Why Good Writing Matters
Looking for great reading — pick up Keith Henderson’s The Pagan Nuptials of Julia.
Book of the Month Club: Vimy: The Battle and the Legend by Tim Cook
Stories of the Canadian participation in foreign wars go back to the days when parts of Canada were part of French territory, but it is the contemporary story of the [read on]
Book of the Month Club: A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
Viewers of the television series “Game of Thrones” might be surprised that as the books progress, the source material deviates further and further from the [read on]
Book of the Month Club: Odd Birds by Ian Harding
“In retrospect, I now realize that the look of Mr. Hawkins’s face was one of deliberation: Do I flee from this screaming child or try to somehow eat him?” Memoirs about [read on]
Book of the Month Club: The Women of Saturn by Connie Guzzo-McParland
“When we finally walked out into the street to wait for our ride, I watched car after car move smoothly and quietly with lights flashing in the sleek wet pavement. All the [read on]
Book of the Month Club: Watership Down by Richard Adams
Imagine this: an animated movie about rabbits. It sounds like a G-rated film, perhaps PG would even be stretching it. Nothing can go wrong, right? Perhaps you weren’t [read on]
Book of the Month Club: The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet by Kate Rorick and Rachel Kiley
“I’ve tried to write this essay many times. The first time I tried, I would have told you my failure was having judgment poor enough to not be able to see that somebody [read on]
Book of the Month Club: Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
T. A. Wellington reviews Thanhha Lai’s novel for young adults, “Listen, Slowly”.
Book Review: Reantasy The Mix of Reality and Fantasy
Personal anecdotes about Montreal in the 60s and 70s fill book about city.
Book of the Month Club: Inspector Colbeck’s Casebook by Edward Marston
“‘That’s Menai,’ observed Madeleine. ‘It was designed by Alexander Allan. The LNWR had almost three hundred engines with an Allan design built at Crewe. Only my [read on]
Book of the Month Club: Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson
“A writer who is serious and economical can store away small fragments of ideas and events and conversations, and even facial expressions and mannerisms, and use them [read on]
Book of the Month Club: The Girl Who Couldn’t Read by John Harding
“…on one occasion as I walked through the room I was stopped dead in my tracks when a lone voice rang out the words of ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ clear as [read on]
Book of the Month Club: The Quartet by Joseph J. Ellis
“One of the reasons Hamilton found the word democracy so offensive was because he realized that the vast majority of American citizens had not the dimmest understanding of [read on]
The Shop Around the Corner: More French Neighbours & Other Quebec Curios
On another tour of Montreal’s micro bookstores, we stop and have another look at stores owned by some of our French neighbours.
Book of the Month Club: A Very Courageous Decision by Graham McCann
T. A. Wellington reviews Graham McCann’s book “A Very Courageous Decision”, charting the making of what should have been Britain’s Best Sitcom.
Review: Good Reading with Tout doucement sans faire de bruit
Monique Lepage’s newest novel is a page turner with plenty of intrigue.
Book of the Month Club: Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
Review of Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell’s book “Empty Mansions”, telling the tale of an independent woman living at the turn of the century.
Book of the Month Club: Wittgenstein Jr by Lars Iyer
A tale about a professor who takes the term “fanboy” to an entirely new level, and not just metaphysically.
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]