Independent Bookstore Day: Renaissance Bookstore

Nasreen Pejvack, author of “Amity” (fall 2015) writes about one of her favourite local bookstores and the importance of independent booksellers.Since I was a little girl, I had always wanted to read anything I could get my hands on.  Where I was born...

Off My Feed

Huey Helene Alcaro, author of “In the Land of Two-Legged Women,” writes about writing, the human condition, and literary fiction.Fiction is like food. I usually gobble it up. But I haven’t been writing it, and am often bored with reading...

The Good Bad Book

S. Noël McKay, author of “Stony Point” discusses good/bad books and literature.“A type of book which we hardly seem to produce in these days… is what Chesterton called ‘the good bad book’: that is, the kind of book that has no...

The Voice: Reigning Ratings Queen of Singing Competitions

Carol Lipszyc writes an opinion piece about ‘The Voice.’Admittedly, I am a singing reality show junkie, someone addicted to watching hopeful singers step on to the televised stage in a battle for votes. Week after week, I appraise a cavalcade of vocalists...