I asked our contributors to tell me what their favourite piece by another WWAC writer was this year. They’ve picked articles that made an impact on them and on our readers and that, I think, stand among the best writing we published on the site this year. As our annual holiday break comes to a close, I’m…
Top Indies, Small Press, and Webcomics of 2016
I asked our small press comics fans to tell me not what the best comics of 2016 were, but which ones were their favourites. Here’s what they said: Mattress Stiff With Blood Tom McHenry Self-published There’s something that’s incredibly natural about the cartooning Tom McHenry does in this work—everything flows so seamlessly from one topic to…
Books that Moved Us in 2016
2016 was kind of an odd year for books. There was a new Harry Potter (of sorts), more celebrity memoirs than we will ever need, and some Star Wars novelizations. A number of books were published to great acclaim—The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien and The Sellout by Paul Beatty, to name…
Movies That Moved Me In 2016
I’m not particularly interested in Best Of lists. After the third list it gets stale and instead of discussing art that moved us, the discourse instead seems to focus on who wrote the best list, what rank the obviously good things appeared in. So this year I asked our writers to tell me about the…
Dogears: Velvet Wrapped Steel and Homicidal Royals
The Mothers Brit Bennett Riverhead Books October 11, 2016 Disclaimer: An Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) of the book was provided by the publisher for an honest review. I found out about this book while reading the October 2016 issue of Vogue. Lupita Nyong’o was on the cover looking gorgeous as usual, and I came across…
Reel Asian Film Fest: Soul Mate, Tsukiji Wonderland & Bad Rap
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival showcases “Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora.” We’ve covered it before on the site and will do so again this year because there are a ton of great films on the schedule. The festival runs from November 8th to November 19th and it kicked off with…
When The Moon Was Ours is Beautifully Intersectional
When The Moon Was Ours Marie-Anne McLemore St. Martin’s Press October 4th, 2016 Disclaimer: An Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) of the book was provided by the publisher for an honest review. Anna-Marie McLemore’s When the Moon Was Ours asks us to suspend our belief that girls can spill out of water towers and grow roses out…
Thursday Book Beat: Gifs, Ryan Higa’s New Book and More Gifs
I’ve once again crashed the Book Beat party while Ashley is away. I take the responsibility of sharing book news seriously. Who knows? I could be saving lives. Ryan Higa is putting out a book. He’s a big deal YouTuber as well as an actor, comedian, and producer. His Draw My Life video is the inspiration…
Toronto’s New Penguin Shop is Lit
With my pal and fellow WWACer Angel, I visited the new Penguin Shop in Toronto run by its publisher Penguin Random House Canada.
Train to Busan Is A Refreshing Zombie Flick
Train to Busan Director: Yeon Sang Ho Starring: Gong Yoo, Kim Soo An, Jung Yu Mi Next Entertainment World July 20th, 2016 (S. Korea)/July 22nd, 2016 (Canada)
Be Inspired by Disney’s Queen of Katwe
Queen of Katwe Director:Mira Nair Starring: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o Disney September 23, 2016 (Canada)/September 30, 2016 (USA) “In chess, the small one can become the big one.”
Emmys 2016: Diversity Takes Centre Stage and A Win for Orphan Black
I didn’t watch the Emmys because I find award shows, like graduations, boring unless you have a stake in them. However, I am happy about this year’s winners for a whole host of reasons which include diversity and Tatiana Maslany. Finally the actress who should have been sweeping the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category…