Last Updated: April 16, 2011 12:00am
A novel approach to Hemingway’s life with first wife
Ernest Hemingway had four wives and many lovers, but none had a more emotional hold on him than his first wife, Hadley Richardson, the wife of the Paris years.
Last Updated: April 16, 2011 12:00am
Jackie O. finds her niche
In his somewhat adoring look at the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Reading Jackie, biographer William Kuhn traces the saving grace of his subject's last years to her lifelong passion for books.
Last Updated: April 14, 2011 9:02am
Room for another honour
The recognition for London author Emma Donoghue’s novel, Room, continues to swell as it made the shortlist for a major literary award.
Last Updated: April 9, 2011 12:00am
Moby-Duck an ocean odyssey
Men have gone to sea in search of adventure since history began but few have searched for toy ducks and then written a book on the environment, the commercialization of childhood and consumer society.
Last Updated: April 9, 2011 12:00am
Clever take on depression
British writer Rebecca Hunt's debut novel, Mr. Chartwell, is a clever construct; wry, witty and disarmingly original.
Last Updated: April 9, 2011 12:00am
By this account, the duchess was a delight
As the youngest of the famed Mitford sisters, Deborah (Debo) ended up living the most normal life (if becoming the Duchess of Devonshire can be considered normal).
Last Updated: April 8, 2011 4:49pm
John Lennon letters to be published
Yoko Ono has granted permission for the first collection of letters by John Lennon to be published, publisher Little, Brown and Company said Friday.
Last Updated: April 4, 2011 8:00am
Book heralds city's Jewish roots
They helped build a city, forced closed doors open and squabbled a little among themselves over their adherence to the faith.
Last Updated: April 3, 2011 2:00am
Oates opens up in 'Widow's Story'
In her stunning memoir, A Widow's Story, U.S. writer Joyce Carol Oates recalls "the vast hideous Sahara of tractless time" she endured during the months following the death of her husband of 47 years, Ontario Review editor Raymond J. Smith.
Last Updated: April 2, 2011 12:00am
Consistent, comforting
Here he comes again, the indefatigable Alexander McCall Smith and his Botswana-set Precious Ramotswe novels.
Last Updated: April 2, 2011 12:00am
Has undercover ATF agent gone rogue?
There's a whiff of brimstone in T. Jefferson Parker's newest novel about the chaos of drug-and-gun smuggling and murder that bedevils the U.S.-Mexican border.
Last Updated: April 1, 2011 9:22am
Literary appetizer a reader pleaser
It’s time to devour another book at the library — and it’s going to be delicious.
Last Updated: March 30, 2011 2:51pm
Booker judges won't drop author
The panel of judges choosing this year's Man Booker International Prize have refused revered British author John Le Carre’s request to have his name formally withdrawn from the literary competition.
Last Updated: March 30, 2011 12:12am
Canadian writer on Booker list
John Le Carre, Philip Roth, Rohinton Mistry and Philip Pullman are among the 13 authors shortlisted for the biennial Man Booker International Prize which will be awarded on May 18 in Sydney.
Last Updated: March 30, 2011 8:33am
Poems, memories and local history celebrated
Poetry is in the air as National Poetry Month takes flight in April with two local poets launching books.
Last Updated: March 29, 2011 3:02pm
Perez Hilton pens kid's book
Colorful, outspoken Hollywood blogger Perez Hilton has authored a children’s book titled “The Boy With Pink Hair” that is meant to celebrate individuality, his publisher said Tuesday.
Last Updated: March 28, 2011 11:23pm
Stieg Larsson novel set in Canada
A close friend of late writer Stieg Larsson, the man behind the best-selling Millennium series, has revealed details of the unpublished manuscript thought to be the fourth book in the crime saga.
Last Updated: March 28, 2011 9:07am
Fitting in pushes kids together
If your child barely speaks to you and when she does, it's with disdain and if she'll do anything to be with her friends, even threatening harm to herself if you won't let her, your child is likely peer oriented.
Last Updated: March 26, 2011 12:00am
First in crime series fairly irresistible
Whatever the current economic uncertainties of the book-publishing world, crime fiction can offer a helpful niche, especially if it's sufficiently distinctive.
Last Updated: March 26, 2011 12:00am
Through it all, their love worked
So much has been written about the Roosevelts, it would seem there is little left to say.
Last Updated: March 26, 2011 12:00am
Widow’s troubled heart
In her stunning memoir, A Widow's Story, U.S. writer Joyce Carol Oates recalls "the vast hideous Sahara of tractless time" she endured during the months following the death of her husband of 47 years, Ontario Review editor Raymond J. Smith.
Last Updated: March 25, 2011 8:49am
London author takes top prize
Meghan Adams is the latest award-winning author from London.
Last Updated: March 24, 2011 11:28am
Sheen dumps literary agent
Charlie Sheen's plans to release his memoirs have hit a stumbling block after he reportedly parted ways with his literary agent.
Last Updated: March 23, 2011 8:16am
London area chefs launch charity cookbook
Some of the best chefs in town are getting together to prepare recipes from a new cookbook recently published to help raise funds for the Learning Disabilities Association of London Region.
Last Updated: March 22, 2011 11:25pm
'Chitty Chitty' books re-launched
James Bond creator Ian Fleming's other famous invention, the magical car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is set to fly again with the publication of a new series of adventures by children's author Frank Cottrell Boyce.