Margaret Atwood
My Toronto: Margaret Atwood
The opera house that almost wasn't will be a beautiful creature Read more
Toronto Public Library
Here are the Toronto Public Library's most borrowed books of 2019
Torontonians read a lot of challenging literary fiction, stories about women living under oppressive patriarchy and Michelle Obama Read more
Decade in review: 50 things that defined Toronto in the 2010s
The people, events, movements and stories that left an indelible mark on the city Read more
The best books of 2019
From The Testaments to Ian Williams's Giller Prize winner, this year gave us exceptional novels from veteran writers and rising stars Read more
Review: Margaret Atwood doc is a conventional accounting of her life and accomplishments
Shot during the author’s 80th year, Nancy Lang and Peter Raymont’s film doesn’t take many risks and feels frustratingly incomplete Read more
Peter Bregg
Margaret Atwood doc to world premiere in Toronto in November
Directors Nancy Lang and Peter Raymont's film is partly a love story about The Handmaid's Tale author's relationship with her late partner Graeme Gibson Read more
Samuel Engelking
The Testaments confirms Margaret Atwood's pop icon status
The Toronto author's highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale is more thrilling actioner than literary meditation Read more
17 must-read books for fall 2019
Including new books by Margaret Atwood, Debbie Harry, Robyn Doolittle, Salman Rushdie, Naomi Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Edna O’Brien, Drew Hayden Taylor and more Read more
TV review: The Handmaid’s Tale takes a big turn in season three
There may be some light at the end of this series’ very dark tunnel Read more
Samuel Engelking
Margaret Atwood to launch The Handmaid’s Tale sequel in cinemas
The Toronto author will introduce The Testaments in a live interview to be broadcast in theatres globally on September 10 Read more
Canadian poet Al Purdy inspires songs by Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer and more
The Al Purdy Songbook gathers Snowblink, Jason Collett, Doug Paisley, a posthumous Gord Downie and more in tribute to the influential Canadian poet Read more
Scott Gorman
Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad is a mythical miss
Stage adaptation of the CanLit heavyweight's novella turns Greek myths on their heads, but it's sunk by a cluttered and uneven production Read more
Barry Avrich's second Weinstein doc doesn't go far enough
Local director takes down Hollywood's now most famous abuser of power for sexual gain – but drops the ball on the #MeToo movement Read more
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TV review: The Handmaid's Tale ups the horror in season two
The dystopian series based on Margaret Atwood's book is back for season two and the outlook for Elisabeth Moss's protagonist is bleak Read more
Sam Santos
Canadian Screen Awards honour a wider sense of Canada
Maudie, Kim’s Convenience and Alias Grace were the biggest winners on a night devoted to celebrating diversity, equality and basic human decency Read more
How Margaret Atwood got in trouble with "good feminists"
The celebrated author has come under fire for her defense of former UBC professor Steven Galloway in her latest piece in the Globe and Mail Read more
This Year's Golden Globes were loaded in a different way than usual
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Big Little Lies and The Handmaid's Tale took the top prizes, but it was Oprah Winfrey who shocked the 75th annual awards to life Read more
The best and worst Canadian book stories of 2017
The highs and lows in the CanLit scene were often one in the same this year Read more
Celebrating film's local heroes of 2017
From indie upstarts and fierce activists to a literary legend, here are some Torontonians who made our film and TV scene exciting Read more
The wonder women behind Alias Grace’s TV adaptation
How an intergenerational team of Canadian women brought the beloved novel to the screen Read more
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Samuel Engelking
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood's novel The Testaments hits stores on April 10.