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  • Local News

    Another missing episode of Sudbury's Memories and Music found

    By Shanna Fraser “Well now, friends and neighbours. We’re gonna have a little chat with another guest on our Sunday at Noon show.
  • Books

    Four good reads from First Nations authors

    A footnote to last week’s column – on a cold, stormy day I read David McCullough’s The Johnstown Flood: The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating Disasters America ...
  • Books

    Book review: Scholars examine remarkable piece of Canadian history

    The authors have illuminated a remarkable and little known piece of Canadian history with this intriguing book.
  • Books

    Red Chesterfield a seductive crime fiction oddity

    THE RED CHESTERFIELDBy Wayne ArthursonUniversity of Calgary Press, $18.99Only the happiest pre-publication judgments get splashed onto any book’s cover, and the blurbs for Wayne Arthurson’s new sort-of-crime novel, The Red ...
  • Books

    Graphic Novel: Spoof of Romantic-era melodramas a hoot

    Emily McGovern’s Bloodlust and Bonnets is a cheeky satire of Romantic-era stories that take place in England.
  • Local Entertainment

    'A Christmas Carol' returns for reading in Spruce Grove

    St. Augustine's Parkland Anglican Church in Spruce Grove is once again inviting the public in to hear CBC Radio Edmonton personalities recite Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol live Saturday.
  • Local News

    Windsor MPP's bill honours Gord Downie with Poet Laureate of Ontario position

    The Poet Laureate of Ontario position - named for the late Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip - will become a reality, thanks to the passing of a private member's ...
  • Books

    B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of Dec. 7

    The Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s list of the top selling books for the week of December 7.
  • Books

    International: 30 bestselling books for the week of Dec. 7

    Bookmanager's list of the top selling books and new releases for the week of December 7.
  • Books

    Books for kids: Holiday tales include My Winter City, Nutcracker Night

    Waking up to the season’s first dusting of snow is always a bit magical, and serves as a reminder of the coming holiday season.
  • Books

    Author Keith Ross Leckie launches “Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys” in Lucan

    LUCAN – Fans of local history crowded into the Lucan Library Nov. 27 as author Keith Ross Leckie launched his latest book, Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys.
  • Books

    New books by London and area authors arrive just in time for Christmas

    Over the last several months, authors from across the region have released new books, ranging from personal memoirs to historic novels, true crime and literary works.
  • Books

    COMICS: You'll fall for graphic novel about world of ultra-gravity

    Ever had one of those dreams where you’re falling and falling and never know if you’re going to hit the ground?
  • Books

    Hesson: Children's books

    DasherBy Matt Tavares(Candlewick Press)Dasher longs for a life away from the hot and busy travelling circus that she works for.
  • Books

    Book review: Life behind the lines of B.C.’s 2017 wildfire season

    Two-thousand-and-nineteen, due to unseasonable summer rains, saw significantly lower numbers.
  • Books

    Former politician, Hume, writes sequel to first book of fiction

    Condominium life in Florida sure is stirring the creative juices for former London politician Gord Hume.
  • Books

    A wish is only a wish until you share it with others

    At 72 years old, lifelong Stratford resident Lillian Wyatt has published her first children's book, My Secret Wish.
  • Local Entertainment

    Book signing at Fincher's in Goderich

    Author David Yates will be at Fincher’s on The Square in Goderich on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.
  • Books

    International: 30 bestselling books for the week of Nov. 30

    Bookmanager's list of the top selling books and new releases for the week of November 30.
  • Books

    B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of Nov. 30

    The Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s list of the top selling books for the week of November 30.
  • Local News

    Watts: Snuggle up with classic children's picture books

    Cold winter days and nights provide a perfect excuse to curl up with a book. Children of all ages can enjoy a classic picture book, and the list below suggests ...
  • Books

    Book review: How to Catch a Mole digs deep in one man’s unique experience

    This book is a surprise gem, a book that weaves together nature observations that manage to be both granular and lyrical with serene meditations on life and death.
  • Books

    B.C.: Fifteen bestselling books for the week of Nov. 23

    The Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s list of the top-selling books for the week of Nov. 23.
  • Books

    Brown: Making Comics a treatise on how to be creative

    I think it’s fair to say Lynda Barry’s Making Comics isn’t really about making comics. It gets at something deeper: how the imagination works. And how the source of all ...
  • Books

    Arlene Dickinson's new book tackles the difficult art of reinvention

    Of the many conclusions Arlene Dickinson shares in her book, Reinvention: Changing Your Life, Your Career, Your Future, the most surprising may be the one she came to after taking ...
  • Books

    Neil Pasricha's new book shows how wrestling with failure can make you 'awesome'

    For an author who has made a career out of writing about awesomeness, positivity, happiness and the need to embrace the simple pleasures in life, Neil Pasricha’s starting point for ...
  • Column

    Shelf Life: The Dutch House

    You’re going to meet characters who will stay with you long after turning the last page
  • West Island authors well represented at Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair

    A Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair at Concordia University features a long list of West Island-connected authors.
  • Books

    Montreal's Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair a cosy start to the season

    There's no messing with success for the "intimate gathering of writers, publishers and book lovers,” returning for a fifth year with a lineup that includes everyone from Sean Michaels to ...
  • Books

    International: 30 bestselling books for the week of Nov. 23

    Bookmanager's list of the 30 bestselling books and new releases for the week of November 23.
  • Books

    New at the Library

    The Russia Account by Stephen Coonts – it starts with a murder…will it end with a coup? (adult fiction)Snow: A Scientific and Cultural Exploration by Giles Whittell – brimming with ...
  • Local News

    Telling the story of Mennonites in Russia

    It’s a story of the Russian Mennonite community facing the Soviet empire in 1929-30. It’s one of mass flight of Mennonites to Moscow, the refugee movement to Paraguay, Brazil and ...
  • Books

    Milke: Understanding victims and the blame game

    Political scientist and commentator Mark Milke has written a new book examining the culture of blame and victimhood.
  • Local News

    Sudbury's Hogwarts Yule Ball event

    Sebastian Scott, 8, made an owl face at the Hogwarts Yule Ball event at the south end branch of the Greater Sudbury Public Library in Sudbury, Ont.
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