I've been reading funny books, it seems, and books with a satiric edge. Oh, just looking for laughs to get me through the winter. And these are all Canadian writers!
Categories: Reviews, Discussions, buzz
This week saw the release of a report from the OECD, Pathways to Success:
How knowledge and skills at Age 15 shape future lives in Canada.
Its most revealing observation is that there is no greater predictor of a
child's future educational success than reading proficiency.
The Globe and Mail emphasizes that these results confirm the necessity of a
basic education focused on foundational skills. They also bolster the
egalitarian credentials of Canada's education system where learned traits
such as reading overwhelm inherited factors such as parental income.
So, all things being equal, read, read, read.
As a psychiatrist and author, I sometimes wonder if I am better at buying books than actually finding the time to sit down and read them through to the end. When I do complete a book, I know it was clearly written and actually offered me a chance to change my perspective on the world, if not my life.
Categories: Reviews, Discussions, buzz
has been dead a scant two weeks but already people are clamouring for his unpublished work to be made available.
Categories: Discussions, buzz, Publishing News
The Winner of the 2010 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction is for The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search For His Disabled Son.
Here is Ian Brown in conversation with Tim Falconer about The Boy in the Moon.
Categories: Awards, buzz
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