Elizabeth Harrower in Australian Reading Month 2023

2023-10-24T10:50:13-04:00

What is it about the Australian Text Classics list that’s so appealing? The North York branch of the Toronto Public Library has quite a few of them, including Elizabeth Harrower’s The Long Prospect (1958) which I’m happy to read for Brona’s Books Australian Reading Month. What I enjoyed about

Elizabeth Harrower in Australian Reading Month 20232023-10-24T10:50:13-04:00

Connecting Thread: From Corruption to Colonialism (4 of 5)

2021-12-27T16:20:08-05:00

Dirty Work by Eyal Press (2021) landed in my stack following an interview with the New York Times Book Review editor. Its subtitle—Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America—summarizes the content aptly, but doesn’t express how un-put-down-able I found this book. Most of the time, when

Connecting Thread: From Corruption to Colonialism (4 of 5)2021-12-27T16:20:08-05:00

Autumn 2021: In My Reading Log (Part Two)

2021-10-06T15:57:52-04:00

Yesterday, in the wake of the librarians’ shushing, some might have taken advantage of the ensuing silence for a nap. Now, yawning ourselves awake, we can resume our chat about the overlap between fiction and non-fiction, in sprawling and slightly chaotic stacks and shelves. In the opening story of

Autumn 2021: In My Reading Log (Part Two)2021-10-06T15:57:52-04:00

Earth Changes, Habit Changes (3 of 4)

2024-08-20T09:18:39-04:00

The climate crisis erupts regularly in my reading, in unexpected ways. In Natsumi Hoshino’s manga series for children, Plum Crazy, named for the household’s first cat, even the cats heard a news report and pawed at the light switches to reduce their energy consumption. (My laugh came out more

Earth Changes, Habit Changes (3 of 4)2024-08-20T09:18:39-04:00

Here and Elsewhere: Between Places (1 of 4)

2021-09-27T18:06:41-04:00

It’s ironic, that while so many are longing to safely travel these days, others are longing to stay put and continue to safely reside in their homelands. On the page, throughout last year, I travelled to twelve different cities, prompted by a local artist’s desk calendar, which inspired a

Here and Elsewhere: Between Places (1 of 4)2021-09-27T18:06:41-04:00
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