I read an eye-opening article in the Globe and Mail today. Journalist Leah McLaren argues that despite some “good news” for women this week (“…the salaries of recent female business graduates narrowly exceeded those of their male counterparts for the first time. .. the Shriver Report found that half ...
Globe and Mail columnist Leah McLaren is the latest public figure to opine on the state of Can Lit. Prompted by this year’s awards season, McLaren takes the discussion one step further (or, perhaps backward) by flat-out refusing to read any nominated titles. Beyond wondering who does Annabel Lyon’s ...
Shinan Govani at the launch party for his new book, Boldface Names (Photo by Jen McNeely) Amidst TIFF hoopla, the National Post’s society and celebrity ink slinger, Shinan Govani, held a launch for his book Boldface Names at the Holts Café—an event that seemed to procure more boldface names than Van ...
The west coast is having an unusually long heat wave. I’m not a big fan of excessive heat. It leaves me lazy and torpid. I have been reading a lot, as I can do that in a cool bath. I have recently finished the following: Angelica by Sharon Shinn, The Queen in Winter by Lynn Kurland, Sharon Shinn, Cl ...
I am so insulted! There have been some great days this past month. I love the changing days. Muskoka is one of the beautiful places to be in this world. I read: Muskoka's sodden summer of discontent This year, the Ontario cottageocracy doesn't deserve your envy Don't read it! Back away and resist th ...
lmclaren@globeandmail.comThis year, my mother wants only one thing for Mother's Day: a baby.''Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own kids,'' she recently phoned me up to say. ''C'mon, kiddo, it'll be fun.''
