My Canada Reads Gift Guide CBC asked all of the Canada Reads finalists to answer a kind of holiday gift guide questionnaire. Today was my […] December 24, 2010
My CBC Book Club Podcast episode A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from one of the literary producers at CBC Radio about coming […] October 1, 2010
Enjoyed Toronto Premiere of Robertson Davies Play As I’ve noted several times already in this space, Robertson Davies is one of my literary heroes. His novels were […] March 4, 2010
McMaster’s Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing I’ve just stumbled upon a fascinating resource for anyone interested in the history of publishing in Canada. Created at McMaster […] November 6, 2009
Writers I revere: Robertson Davies I was a late convert to Robertson Davies. Unlike most Canadian teenagers, I never encountered Davies in my high school […] March 7, 2009
My Leacock winner collection is complete… My Aunt Nancy is rare book dealer who operates Thornley Point Books out of Iroquois, Ontario. Shortly after the Leacock […] January 14, 2009
New Year’s Resolutions… Tis the season for new year’s resolutions. For many years, a mainstay of my annual list of resolutions had been […] January 1, 2009
A favourite Christmas present… I received many wonderful gifts from family and friends this Christmas and I have much for which to be thankful. […] December 27, 2008
