​​ Can one still write about idyllic towns in idyllic southern Ontario peopled with archetypal characters who grapple with Faith, Love,...

This OpEd was published in the Montreal Gazette (here) in response to conflicts yet again in Outremont. In 2011, Outremont councillor...

Apparently you’re not allowed to call a spade a spade in Outremont. When Christian Aubry was forcibly ejected by the Mayor from a recent...

Jawdat Eid lives with his wife and two children in Nazareth, Israel. He has a Masters in Social Work, is a doctoral student in Education,...

​​ My October is one of the most politically audacious novels I have ever read, certainly for Canadian fiction. Claire Holden Rothman...

Mathieu Murphy-Perron is a Montreal playwright, writer, photographer and activist. He also has a day job. Wait – nix that. Hehad a day...

Morocco is stunning: red mud villages rise out of the scraggy desert, the sky always azur blue, majestic Atlas mountains in the...

We met Kathleen Winter at Jean Talon market as the fall light began casting long shadows. Apples and pumpkins were plentiful, everything...

Madeleine Thien met Elise and I in a Mile End alley. There seemed to always be barking in the distance, fitting for the author of Dogs at...

“J’habite un building où il y a une piscine. Je vais me baigner une fois par semaine pour faire de l’aqua-gym. Et puis arrivent deux...

Some actors carry an entire movie on their shoulders. Irrfan Khan carries The Lunchbox on his face. His beautiful, supple, gentle,...

“Will the Quebec election be stolen by people from Ontario and the rest of Canada?” That provocative question was asked on March 23 by...

Living in fear and under constant threat. Isn’t it fun? They thrive on it in America, depend upon it in North Korea, and manufacture it...

The Tohu edifice sits on top of the old Miron quarry in Montreal’s east end, as does the sprawling Ecocentre headquarters right next to...