The best fiction of March include favourite authors Ariel Dorfman, Karen Russell and Emma Donoghue, who enthrall with historical novels about Mozart, the Depression-era Dust Bowl and a dramatic Paris ...

Through its website and daily newsletters, The Peak (a ZoomerMedia property) offers Canadians the news they need to understand business, tech, and other must-know stories. In this dispatch, The Peak ...

Our fiction picks for the last full (mercifully short!) month of winter contains multitudes: lyrical dystopias, tense suspense and historical fiction about the Jazz Age, as well as much-needed ...

January is the same length as six other months in the calendar, yet it always feels twice as long. One theory is that our experience of time is warped because it follows December, the busiest month of ...

Hudson’s Bay Co. will begin liquidating its six remaining stores on Friday, signalling the end of the storied retailer’s reign in Canada. The six stores had been excluded from liquidation – which ...

Saying goodbye to the ones we love is one of life’s most meaningful moments and, sadly, an expense that often catches families off guard. When faced with unexpected loss, the weight of financial ...

Many of the classic schoolyard games we loved growing up have quite the history beyond the scraped knees and other madcap mishaps. Here, some recess faves and their fascinating origins. Today’s kids ...

As the weather warms, many Canadians are turning their attention to travel plans. Whether for spring break or planning summer holidays abroad, people are ready to be on the move after a long winter.

There’s a certain magic in travelling through the pages of a great book — especially when the setting matches your next destination. Whether you’re backpacking through the Andes or sipping coffee in a ...

In 2020, Craig Brown was struggling to find a subject for his next biography. He wanted to apply his “mosaic” technique, which ditches a traditional chronological narrative for a profile built from ...

Every day during the winter, unless the weather is really awful, Roberta Calderone dons her cold weather gear and sets out on her 8,000-step walk. When there’s no risk of slippery terrain, the nearby ...

Lyrical novels of ideas, engrossing historical novels probing moral compromises and uplifting examinations of community and friendship round out this month’s fiction highlights. Obsessive Book Buyers: ...