Joseph Boyden, Canadian author and winner of the Giller Award and Canada Reads, has announced his latest project — Kwe: Standing With Our Sisters. Kwe is an anthology of stories about First Nations women in Canada, featuring work from more than fifty contributors, including Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Gord Downie, Thomas King, Lee Maracle, and Yann…
Unlikely Team-Ups: Batman Eternal #31-32
Batman Eternal #31: Buried Deep Story by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV Script by Ray Fawkes Art by Fernando Pasarin Last issue we saw the collapse of Arkham Asylum. This issue touches on a tiny bit of the fallout from that event. Primarily, the fate of Alfred and the escape of many of Gotham’s most notorious…
Dogears: Peanuts and Unconventional Narrators
Schulz and Peanuts David Michaelis Harper I think I’ve discovered the secret of life — you just hang around until you get used to it. -Charles M. Schulz
Gift Guide: Books and Comics
When in doubt give books or comics! There’s something out there for all readers, no matter their age or preferred genre. Plus they’re easy to wrap. Here are some suggestions from our Books Editor, Christa Seeley, and our Reviews Editor, Kayleigh Hearn.
Reading Diaries: Hannibal Re-Imagined and Fantasy Lands
Welcome back to our reading diaries! Once a month the WWAC crew chats about their reading lives. This month we’re reading YA, romance and post-apocalyptic everything. Sarah: I can not look at my to-read pile without feeling guilty. And that doesn’t count the stuff on my Kindle, nicely tucked away so I can’t see the…
If You Like…Pitch Perfect
Pitch Perfect is one of my comfort movies. I throw it on whenever I’m in a funk or just need something playing in the background while I work. The combination of singing, humour and sarcasm speaks to me. So when the trailer for Pitch Perfect 2 débuted a little while ago I was aca-ecstatic. Haven’t…
Bisexual Characters We Have Loved
Character: David Alleyne aka Prodigy Young Avengers Volume 2 Marvel So a lot of people might not know much about David Alleyne, he played a moderately important part in various X-men storylines, specifically as a member of the New Mutants and the New X-men. David’s mutant powers consisted of the ability to telepathically absorb the…
Girls in Tights: The Fever by Megan Abbott
The Fever Megan Abbott Little Brown and Company Deenie’s life is turned upside down when her friend Lise collapses into a unexpected and violent seizure in class. One by one, other girls throughout her school fall ill as well. Soon Deenie, her brother Eli (the school’s star hockey player and womanizer), and her father, Tom…
If It Looks Like a Duck…
Last weekend I attended the Inspire Toronto Book Fair where I had the opportunity to sit in on a panel featuring Ryan North, Kate Beaton and Chip Zdarsky. During the panel Zdarsky mentioned he would be working on an upcoming project for Marvel. As a big fan of his, I was desperate to find out…
Jillian Tamaki Wins Governor General Award
On Tuesday, the winners of the Governor General’s Literary Award (or GGs) were announced. The GGs are one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards, with winners taking home $25,000 in seven categories. Last week I spoke to Mariko Tamaki about her Governor General’s Award nomination for This One Summer. Her cousin Jillian Tamaki was also nominated…
Interspecies Architects: Short Book Reviews
Where’d You Go Bernadette Maria Semple Little Brown and Company Where’d You Go Bernadette is a book that has been on my to-read list for over two years. Now, having finally found time to read it, I deeply regret not bumping it to the top of the list much sooner.
Life Geek! 10/24/14-11/6/14
Life Geek! is our bi-weekly lifestyle feature where we offer readers a glimpse into our geeky lives. Al Rosenberg, Games Section Editor We had a Halloween party and I was The Peaches’ manager Jimmy Dugan (from A League of Their Own). My roommates were two other Tom Hankses. Remember, “there’s no crying in baseball” and…
