At least Elon Musk’s galaxy contains the odd book
Shallow of me, I know, but whenever I hear Elon Musk being criticised, I think: he can’t be…
WOLF: Any folks out there still reading a large number of books?
Are you a voracious reader? How many books would you say you read during an average year? I’ve…
Revisit the Great Depression in Radio DJ’s new memior
In this book club edition- we are talking to an author about a very special book that is…
Review: James Wade’s ‘Narrow the Road’ follows a 15-year-old boy’s journey through Depression-era Texas
“NARROW THE ROAD” By James Wade (Blackstone Publishing, 292 pages, $28.99) “Narrow the Road,” the fourth novel from…
4 books to celebrate Mes de La Cultura
Mes de La Cultura is celebrated annually from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. During this time, the contributions…
Baek Se-hee, author of bestselling memoir ‘I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki,’ dead at 35
Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available. Dial or…
Learning Is More Than Just Collecting Facts
Earlier this week, I read Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto for the first time. Published in 1764,…
New in paper – Winnipeg Free Press
Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality: Stories By Lindsay Wong (Penguin Canada, $23) The Winnipeg-based author’s collection brings…
WOLF: Any folks out there still reading a large number of books?
Are you a voracious reader? How many books would you say you read during an average year? I’ve…
My Favorite Book of the Past 5 Years Is Becoming a Movie
When I recently wrote about picking a favorite book out of the nearly 200 I’ve read in the…
Korea’s lonely older adults find warmth in talking robots
“When my husband suddenly had to go to a nursing hospital, I was left alone and fell into…
The Betsy-Tacy Crowd still have something to tell us
Nothing explosive ever happens in the novels. The characters don’t solve mysteries or time travel or save lives.…