Memoir

Memoir / November 2014

Giving Up the Ghost

October 22, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Lynn Cunningham

When it comes to quitting smoking, you’re on your own

Person in a field looking at a town and the lake behind it

Memoir

Home Lands

February 20, 2014July 4, 2024 - by Julien Russell Brunet

A photographer traces his Mennonite roots from the Netherlands through Siberia

December 2013 / Memoir

When Paul Bernardo Stalked My Neighbourhood

November 11, 2013May 27, 2022 - by Stacey May Fowles

What it was like to grow up in a community that lived in fear of the Scarborough Rapist

Memoir / October 2013

Afghanistan Undone

October 11, 2013August 16, 2021 - by Mellissa Fung

A journalist returns to the fragile country five years after she was kidnapped

July/August 2013 / Memoir

Memories of Marineland

June 17, 2013March 25, 2024 - by Craig Davidson

I worked at the theme park decades before stories of mistreatment broke. It seemed bad even then

April 2013 / Memoir

The Meaning of White

March 20, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Emily Urquhart

Science can explain why my daughter has a genetic disorder called albinism, but it is in stories that I find comfort

Memoir

And the Brat Came Back

September 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Alexandra Molotkow

A boomerang child relives her first, pathetic flight from home

May 2012 / Memoir

The Last Post?

May 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Bill Walker*

As Canada Post wrestles with its bottom line, a letter carrier addresses the nation

March 2012 / Memoir

The Missing Piece

March 12, 2012April 19, 2020 - by Terence Byrnes

A son’s cross-border search to find the war trophy that may have killed his father

December 2011 / Memoir

Kidnapped

December 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Robert Fowler

In December 2008, al Qaeda captured two Canadian diplomats and their driver in Niger. In an excerpt from his new book, A Season in Hell, the author recalls 130 days trapped in the Sahara

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Giving Up the Ghost

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Afghanistan Undone

Memories of Marineland

The Meaning of White

And the Brat Came Back

The Last Post?

The Missing Piece

Kidnapped

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