One of my guilty pleasures is rap music. Some of you might find that surprising, but I am a fan of music with rhythm and…
I was casting about for something interesting to read and I came across ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad’ by Jennifer Egan — who could…
I read a book recently in which a young Chinese girl had her feet bound, as was the practice in 19th century China for girls…
I attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) this weekend. TCAF is not a comic-con style convention where people dress up as their favourite obscure character…
Libraries are my favourite public institution. Where else can you go and borrow hundreds of dollars worth of goods for free? Proof of a home…
Who would not know of the book, Moby Dick? Herman Melville’s classic tale of man versus the leviathan. Even someone who had never read the…
I recently heard of someone throwing out all their old cookbooks. Why bother with a book when any recipe you want is available online? Geez,…
One of my favourite books is Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding, first published in 1749. It is a great story — a foundling, crossed loves, parental…
A favourite trick of proof readers is to read text from the bottom up to the top. You are more likely to catch an error…
It really does not matter what the source of your frustration is, being frustrated takes an incredible amount of energy. Frustration rarely ever helps to…