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Book Review

Oct 19, 2020

'Enemy Alien': A graphic novel about life inside an internment camp

Navjeet Sidhu

An absorbing and revealing look at the brutal conditions inside one of Canada's wartime internment camps, where thousands were imprisoned during the First World War.

Book Review

Oct 5, 2020

Liberal restraints won't fix surveillance capitalism

Cristina D'Amico

Ronald Deibert's "Reset" presents a chilling portrait of our current communications infrastructure, but his solution misses the mark.

Book Review

Sep 28, 2020

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's cure for white ladies

Shanese Steele

Simpson's new novel "Noopiming" is a healing journey of Indigenous futurism through poetry, song and storytelling.

Blog

Sep 21, 2020

Science fiction helps us to envision the future, as well as clarify the past

Ed Finn

People who eschew science fiction deprive themselves of the most effective stimulant to their imagination.

Book Review

Sep 21, 2020

Should Canada treat climate crisis like a war?

Robert Hackett

Seth Klein's "A Good War" is the book every climate-concerned Canadian has been waiting for.

Book Review

Sep 10, 2020

'A History of My Brief Body': Queer love and life on the Prairies

Sheila Laroque

Billy-Ray Belcourt's new memoir will have a lasting impact on contemporary Indigenous writing.

Podcast

Jul 7, 2020

Radical publishers take on the world

Talking Radical Radio

Fazeela Jiwa of Fernwood Publishing and David Bush of Between the Lines talk about the new Radical Publishers Alliance.

Book Review

Jun 25, 2020

Organizing beyond the state in a state of sickness

Graeme Pente

In a new collection of wide-ranging essays, Between the Lines offers a timely portrait of the world COVID-19 is still in the process of revealing and, perhaps, unmaking.

News

Jun 18, 2020

The COVID-19 effect on independent bookstores

Nathaniel G. Moore

When you buy from independent bookstores, you're investing in an author's career.

News

Jun 11, 2020

What's the future of food?

Meg Borthwick

A new book, "Uncertain Harvest," explores what needs to change about our global food system to fight climate change and feed everyone on the planet.

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