Finding yourself among the slag heaps of Sudbury
Acclaimed Greater Sudbury writer Tom Leduc is set to launch Slagflower: Poems Unearthed from a Mining Town, his debut collection of poetry, during an event at the Sudbury Theatre centre ...
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Books Writers' Cafe author releases book
Monique Beaulieu will release Times Before Now at Merrifield Book Shop at 471 Dundas Street and have a signing May 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. -
Books Entrepreneur reflects on roller coaster ride of a life in book
A born-and-bred Sarnian entrepreneur who found fortune as a real estate mogul in Sanibel Island, Florida has released a memoir of his fascinating and eventful life. -
Local News Thirty days of poetry; rinse and repeat
By Chloé LaDuchesse“April is the cruellest month…” So begins T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land,” which is considered to be one of the most important poems of the last century. -
Local Entertainment BIBLIOFILES: World Book and Copyright Day … what’s that all about?
Proclaimed in 1995, it has annually promoted the joy of reading and paid tribute to writers and authors and their texts and books because of their importance to “social and ... -
Books Barfoot book review: Real-life arrest can't diminish fictional mystery
Before his latest crime novel even begins, Toronto writer Jeffrey Round needs to make something clear: Shadow Puppet was written and in the hands of its publisher before Bruce McArthur ... -
Books Brown: Big concepts at war with narrative
Cold War, from publisher Aftershock, is packed full of fascinating ideas. But as intriguing as they are, those concepts can’t take the place of a compelling narrative. -
Books Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were completely dysfunctional
Imagine a production of “Hamlet” with three Hamlets. Or four or two: No one is certain who will show up when, not even the actors themselves.
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Eat The Caesar: Celebrating a Canadian cultural icon's milestone birthday
Guess who’s having a milestone birthday? Canada’s quintessential cocktail, The Caesar, turns 50 years young this year, and to mark the occasion, Canadians representing every province and territory have shared ... -
Books International: 20 bestselling books for the week of April 13
Publishers Weekly's list of the top selling books for the week of April 13. -
Books B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of April 13
The Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s list of the top selling books for the week of April 13. -
Books ‘Soar, Adam, Soar’ is a multi-faceted story
As many as 40 people attended Rick Prashaw’s book launch at the Masonic Hall on Saturday, March 30. -
Local News Welcome Centre Shelter director writes children's book on homelessness
Questions from her seven-year-old daughter helped Lady Laforet write a children’s book on homelessness. -
Local News Book signing planned for April 20 at West Perth library
Both Anna Gaffney and Valerie Chessell admitted they were pushed out of their personal comfort zone while putting their talents together to publish a children’s book – but that’s also ... -
Local News Lively poets make national anthology of writers
Students from Lively District Secondary School will be among young authors from Rainbow Schools being featured in a national anthology of Canadian writers. -
Local News Learn how to reduce your environmental footprint
Colleen Burns/ColumnistEarth Month is celebrated every year in April, but we need to think about living sustainably all year long.
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Local Entertainment BIBLIOFILES: Bringing poetry back to the masses
A lot of us get stuck thinking about poetry as something written in English countryside before sliced bread was invented. But poetry is all around us and something we take ... -
Books Book review: Whatever Gets You Through is a reminder that you are never alone
Whatever Gets You Through Is a searing collection of testimonies from sexual assault survivors -
Books Graphic Novel: Mera a kick-butt role model for girls
Mera: Tidebreaker is the best Aquaman story in which Aquaman isn’t the lead character.As the title suggests, this graphic novel – aimed at tween girls and older – centres on ... -
Books Ian McEwan investigates alternate history, robots, morality and justice in new novel
Occasionally, Ian McEwan will be asked what he does for a living.The question might come from a cab driver or someone else he has come across during in his day-to-day ... -
Local News Whitecourt and District Library finds solutions to funding cut
The Whitecourt and District Library is looking to create partnerships with local businesses in the new year. -
Books International: 20 bestselling books for the week of April 6
Publishers Weekly's list of the top selling books for the week of April 6. -
Books B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of April 6
The Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s list of the top selling books for the week of April 6. -
Local Entertainment BIBLIOFILES: Public Libraries are Vital to Alberta Communities
Albertans are preparing to head to the polls on April 16, and your tri-regional libraries are asking the question: How vital are public libraries to your community?
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Local News Lo-Ellen Park students to have their poetry published
Students from Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School will soon be published authors. Their poetry will be featured in a national anthology called “Perspective” being released in June. -
Local Entertainment Sudbury's library filled with Instant Pot recipes
Whether or not you take part in the cooking activities in your household, you likely will have at least heard about the Instant Pot. -
Local News Sudbury pastor releases second book
Rev. Jeremy Mahood, the senior pastor of All Nations Church, shares some of his best sermons on developing spiritual maturity in a new book. -
Books Hesson: Children's books reviews
Girls With Sharp SticksBy Suzanne Young(Simon Pulse)Innovations Academy is an all girls school set in a dystopian world that feels very archaic. -
Books Brown: Comic version of Scooby-Doo is best yet
The first volume of Scooby Apocalypse contains my favourite version of Scooby-Doo ever. -
Books Crime and verse: Calgary poet dissects obscure 1926 murder trial with new collection
Poet Paul Zits does not know if Margaret McPhail killed her brother Alex in 1926 in a shack outside of Drumheller. -
Local News Belleville-born author honoured by national archives
Belleville-born author Frances Itani is one of five recipients of a new honour from Library and Archives Canada. -
Books International: 20 bestselling books for the week of March 30
Publishers Weekly's list of the bestselling books for the week of March 30. -
Movies If you're in the mood for a good scare, Pet Sematary has your number
Chris Knight: It’s a complicated puzzle of fear, but the pieces fit together nicely thanks to the work of co-directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer -
Books 'One of a kind': Nirvana manager looks back at Kurt Cobain
“Danny, he’s dead.” It was March 4, 1994, and David Geffen, the record mogul who had signed Nirvana just three years earlier, was calling band manager Danny Goldberg to share ...
