CANadian literature, Or CAN’Tadian literature?

Beaver

Today, the shelf mon­key goes all flag-waving and what­not to answer an age-old ques­tion that has tor­mented Cana­dian bib­lio­philes since we first learned to write; what the hell are we read­ing, any­way? There has been a lot of talk/complaining/buzz/whining/questioning/whinging/probing/babbling/hand-wringing/soul-searching/teeth-knashing by per­sons much smarter than myself lately, as there usu­ally is … Con­tinue read­ing

Win a copy of Shelf Monkey (and some other books too)!

Recently, being a Cana­dian lit­er­ary icon (shut up), I was con­tacted by Cana­dian Liv­ing Mag­a­zine for a lit­tle tid­bit on any favourite hang-outs I have in Win­nipeg. I chose Red River Books, which is sum­ma­rized in the May issue thusly: Red River Books in the heart of Old Mar­ket Square … Con­tinue read­ing