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Interview with Ann Y.K. Choi

Originally from South Korea, Ann Y.K. Choi immigrated to Canada in 1975. She is a graduate of the Humber School … More

Ann Y.K. Choi, Author Interview, Canadian Fiction, immigrants, Korean culture, Korean heritage, Korean immigrants, Korean-Canadian, literary, TIFA, Toronto International Festival of Authors

Interview with Gary Barwin

Gary Barwin is a writer, composer, multimedia artist and the author of twenty-one books of poetry, fiction and books for … More

Author Interview, Canadian Fiction, Canadian poet, Gary Barwin, literary, Poetry, TIFA, Toronto International Festival of Authors

Interview with Grace O’Connell

Grace O’Connell is the author of The Globe and Mail Best Book Magnified World and 2014 winner of the Canadian … More

Author Interview, Canadian Fiction, Grace O'Connell, literary, novel, TIFA, Toronto International Festival of Authors

Interview with Terry Fallis

Terry Fallis earned an engineering degree from McMaster University. Drawn to politics, he worked for cabinet ministers at Queen’s Park … More

Author Interview, Canadian Fiction, Feminism, humour, literary, novel, Terry Fallis, TIFA, Toronto International Festival of Authors

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Totalitarian control. Censorship. Loss of Freedom. All of these things are as much of a concern in 2017 as they … More

books into films, classics, Fahrenheit 451, futuristic, Horror, literary, Ray Bradbury, science fiction

Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller

Swimming Lessons is the second novel by English author Claire Fuller. I was lucky enough to get an advanced reading … More

Claire Fuller, contemporary, family, fiction, letters, literary, Marriage, novel

Interview with Amy Jones

Amy Jones won the 2006 CBC Literary Prize for Short Fiction and was a finalist for the 2005 Bronwen Wallace … More

Amy Jones, Dysfunctional Families, Lake Superior, literary, local, one book, one book one community, shark, Thunder Bay, TIFA, We're All in This Together

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami “Life is Beautiful, Messy, Strange, and Chaotic”

  Haruki Murakami is a difficult author to write about. He is one of my favourite writers, who surprises and … More

1960's, books into films, books into movies, Coming of age, drama, Haruki Murakami, Japan, literary, Norwegian Wood, relationships, Young Adult

Shakespeare for the Queen’s 90th Birthday

In honour of Her Majesty’s 90th birthday, the Prince of Wales chose a selection from Shakespeare to commemorate the occasion. … More

classics, Henry VIII, HRH Queen Elizabeth, literary, National Poetry Month, Poetry, poetry month, Prince Charles, William Shakespeare

A Sonnet Upon Sonnets by Robert Burns

Fourteen, a sonneteer thy praises sings; What magic myst’ries in that number lie! Your hen hath fourteen eggs beneath her … More

historical, literary, National Poetry Month, poetry month, Robert Burns, sonnets, William Shakespeare

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