Brad Smith

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Brad Smith was one of the first authors I ever interviewed, back when I was writing for Torontoist. I spoke to him again, recently, and my profile runs in today’s paper.

William Gibson

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Last week, I had lunch with William Gibson and talked about his first-ever collection of non-fiction, Distrust That Particular Flavor. My story ran today.

The New Collection

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

The Toronto Public Library Foundation — the system’s charitable arm — is set to launch The New Collection, a membership program determined to draw a new generation of philanthropists — young, urbane, and bookish — into its orbit.

McClelland & Stewart; Charles Taylor Prize

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Random House of Canada is now the sole owner of McClelland & Stewart. This overshadowed the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction shortlist, obviously.

Most Anticipated Books of 2012

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Lots of good ones coming up…

JJ Lee

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Speaking of suits, in today’s National Post I talk to journalist-turned-tailor JJ Lee about his book The Measure of a Man.