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Crimewave: Homegrown champions of the whodunit

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This month's Crimewave column might as well be titled the “Canadian Masters” edition. There's a reason we keep reading whatever Peter Robinson, Maureen Jennings, and Barbara Fradkin publish.

    • More of Sarah Weinman's Crimewave column
    • Book Review: Bad Boy, by Peter Robinson

Clive Veroni’s Spin, reviewed: is the advertising industry finally selling out?

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In Spin, Clive Veroni keenly understands a now well-accepted truth about advertising: It’s dying.

Yes Please, by Amy Poehler: Review

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In two new books, Amy Poehler and Megan Amram put on their bossy pants to describe how to be a woman, but not that kind of girl.

    • Amy Poehler’s Yes Please is the land of milk and funny, which is a headline she told us to use
    • More from Maryam Siddiqi

Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy, by Gabriella Coleman: Review

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The Internet-as-great-democratizer is just one version of what the Internet could be; it's other greatest potential is as a tool for immense cruelty.

    • Read Adrian Humprheys's special report on Anonymous's Matt DeHart
    • More on Anonymous from the National Post

Lila, by Marilynne Robinson: Review

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Philip Marchand reviews Marilynne Robinson’s Lila, her latest ‘profoundly soulful’ novel.

    • Read more from our books columnist, Philip Marchand

Limonov, by Emmanuel Carrère: Review

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A biography of the radical poet, picaresque adventurer, punk-rock memoirist, “professional revolutionary” and noble zek

    • Read more from José Teodoro

Let’s Start a Riot, by Bruce McCulloch: Review

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The Kid in the Hall wonders if it's time to stop kidding around

Casting Quiet Waters, by Jake MacDonald: Review

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A new anthology wades into the nature of fishing

    • Read more from our books columnist, Philip Marchand

Michael Lista, On Poetry: Don McKay’s Angular Unconformity

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Don McKay, the poet so enamoured with nature, is regarded as one of Canada’s top talents. But have we been feasting on empty words?

    • Read more from our poetry columnist, Michael Lista

The Search for Heinrich Schlögel, by Martha Baillie: Review

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Martha Baillie travels to the North and back with a most unreliable narrator in her latest novel

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Afterword Videos

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Where I Belong, by Alan Doyle

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“In a flawless transition from lyrical to prose, Doyle entertains with a great East Coast coming of age story.”

The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan

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“Harrowing & poetic at the same time. Not for the faint of heart. I loved this book and couldn’t get it out of my mind when it was finished."

Sweetland, by Michael Crummey

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“Humorous at times, heartbreaking at others, Sweetland manages to capture the rugged, difficult life endured by so many Newfoundlanders."

Elizabeth is Missing, by Emma Healey

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“A little mystery, a little bit sad, a little poignant and completely lovable. Beautifully written and just a lovely read.”

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