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Celebrating Candy Corn, with Arley McNeney
However you want to say and/or spell it—Halloween, Hallowe'en, All Hallows Eve, Candy Corn's Time to Shine—October 31 is indisputably the candy industry's spookiest time of year....
Michael Kaan and Jocelyn Parr Finalists for the Governor General’s Award
Early on Wednesday morning, the Canada Council for the Arts released the lists of finalists for the Governor General’s Awards. Two exceptional novels by first-time...
Literary Monsters, with Tammy Armstrong
However you want to say and/or spell it—Halloween, Hallowe'en, All Hallows Eve, Candytime—October 31 is indisputably the chocolate industry's spookiest time of year. With that in...
Who's Reading What? with Jared Young
This was supposed to be my summer reading list. It was curated in May, during a lovely half hour of browsing at Cover To Cover...
Who's Reading What? with Joan Thomas
I watch quite a bit of junk television, but I'm never tempted by the sort of book people call "a beach read." When I'm working...
Who's Reading What? with Michelle Butler Hallett
One glimpse at Anton's eyes, and I fell in love. That's all it took. I knew him only by reputation; his eyes worked the rest...
Who's Reading What? with Ian Weir
To celebrate the summer of 2017, we are pleased to present an ongoing series of reading recommendations/reminiscences by Goose Lane authors past and present. Today: Ian Weir (Will...
Painting, movies, and painting in movies
On the face of it, the arts of painting and filmmaking should make for sterling cinematic pairings. Both are primarily visual mediums, after all, and...
This week in news, from a bookish perspective
We're (meaning Goose Lane) Number One! Rave reviews this week for Lori McNulty's Life on Mars (Publishers Weekly and Buried in Print), Robert Clark's Down Inside (Publishers Weekly), Don McKay's Angular Unconformity,...