<b>The summer's reading</b>

JUNE, JULY AND August found us plunging into a deep pool of the hottest topics âe" including exile and asylum, shades of black, global feminism, downtown-eastside poetry and gender outlaws âe" and leaping out refreshed to enjoy constants cravings, rock-star economics and some fun summer fiction.

Your summer-in-December to-do list:

Munch on Six fat comics
Enjoy a He said, she said