Umberto Eco and friend on the rosy future of books
Books about the imminent demise of books are beginning to comprise a library wing unto themselves, which may be why Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carriere state their case to the contrary right in the...
View ArticleReading Jeanne-Mance Street, LPG in peril, & here’s to you, Red Fisher
Two weeks back I previewed Diary of a Neighbourhood, the three-week long conceptual public literature/art project masterminded by Michael Toppings that’s currently happening on Jeanne-Mance between...
View ArticleThe mighty Pogues get the book they deserve with James Fearnley’s Here Comes...
Here Comes Everybody: The Story of the Pogues is–I won’t waffle around with my verdict here–one of the three best books by a musician that I’ve ever read.* Which makes it almost certainly the best book...
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