Summer Reading: Les tribulations d’un Stradivarius en Amérique
Les tribulations d’un Stradivarius en Amérique Frédéric Chaudière Actes Sud, 292 p. The Stradivarius Gibson ex-Huberman, now played by American violinist Joshua Bell, has lived…
Browsing: Literature
Yann Martel: The Story Builder
Yann Martel isn’t the sort of writer who publishes a new novel every year. Six years passed between the publication of Beatrice and Virgil and his latest…
Book Review: River Music by Mary Sonderstrom
River Music Mary Soderstrom Cormorant Books, 276 pages River Music, the sixth novel from Montréaler Mary Soderstrom, follows the life of Gloria, a pianist who…
Double Meaning: Margaret Atwood on Pauline
Poet. Trailblazer. Canadian luminary. These descriptors apply as much to Margaret Atwood as they do to the subject of her first libretto, E. Pauline Johnson.…
Shakespeare in the Summer
Flash version here. For Canadian theatre-goers, summer means Shakespeare! Across Canada, festivals will perform the Bard’s plays for audiences in venues from Stratford’s Festival Theatre…
