I Miss Being Bored at the Mall
Browsing taught me to enjoy my own company. In a digital age, how will my children learn to be by themselves?
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100 Years of Mavis Gallant
Her stories are about the cost of living and the cost of love. It’s why they still endure
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Kate Beaton’s Ducks Grapples with the Human Cost of the Oil Sands
The book showcases how disorienting and vast the industry can be—and the trauma it inflicts on its workers
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New from The Walrus Books: Death Interrupted
In Death Interrupted, ICU doctor Blair Bigham shares his firsthand experiences of how medicine has complicated the way we die and offers a road map for dying in the modern era.
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Books on TV: Is the Boom in Adaptations a Boon for Authors?
How a surge in TV production is shaking up the publishing industry
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Twilight of the Libraries: What Gets Lost When Books Go Off-Site and Online
Libraries can’t escape the push for digitization, but we still need actual books on shelves
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Horror, Horror Everywhere: New Books Are Shaking the Genre to Its Core
Writers are taking spooky books to places they’ve never gone before
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