Crown Barber Shop

Friday, July 20th, 2012

I recently took a trip to Guelph to check out the Crown Barber Shop. Why? It was designed by one of my favourite cartoonists, Seth.

Cartoon Canada

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

I recently spoke to Aislin about the state of editorial cartooning in this country, the subject of his new anthology, Cartoon Canada.

Michael Cho

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

A few years ago, I bought a small illustration showing the intersection of College and Grace streets, not far from where I live. In today’s National Post, I talk to the artist, Michael Cho, about his new book, Back Alleys and Urban Landscapes.

Maurice Sendak

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Beloved children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died yesterday. I have a brief appreciation of his life and work in today’s paper.

Kyo Maclear

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

In Saturday’s National Post I talk to author Kyo Maclear about her latest book for children, Virginia Wolf.

Andrew Westoll; Brian Joseph Davis

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Andrew Westoll won the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Also: I talk to Brian Joseph Davis about his latest project, The Composites.

Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

I’m coming to this one a little late. But better late than never, right? Douglas Coupland and Graham Roumieu collaborate on Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People.

Moby-Dick in Pictures; Margaret Atwood

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

In today’s National Post I talk to artist Matt Kish about his project, Moby-Dick in Pictures. Yesterday, I hosted a live chat with Margaret Atwood to talk about her new book, In Other Worlds.

And The Soldiers Sang

Friday, November 11th, 2011

To commemorate Remembrance Day, I talk to the authors of a new illustrated book about the First World War, And The Soldiers Sang.

The Repurposed Library

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Lisa Occhipinti turns books into art. She’s written a book about it, too, called The Repurposed Library. I talk to her in today’s paper.