August 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012 |
This summer, the Writers & Company weekly podcast featured some of the best shows from the show's archives. We hope you enjoyed this opportunity......
Friday, August 31, 2012 |
Fall. It's the season of boots, bookbags and, of course, books. What books should you be adding to your to-read pile as the leaves......
Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
September is the time to pull out the fall scarves, boots and coats. Maybe you're picking up a back-to-school wardrobe. If you're style-conscious, you might......
Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
Shelagh Rogers interviewed many fabulous authors this past season on The Next Chapter. Every now and then, she would have a conversation so compelling,......
Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
First aired on Babel (27/8/12) About two billion people -- more than a third of the world's total population -- speak English. And as use......
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
First aired on The Sunday Edition (26/08/12)When one goes on an excursion to the beach, it's always good to bring a friend. Someone to help......
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and U.S. President Barack Obama are in a dead heat heading into the GOP convention, according to several polls......
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, passed away last weekend, at the age of 82. His "giant leap for mankind" changed our sense of our place in the universe. In honour of his legacy, Quirks & Quarks presented a special podcast featuring an interview with Armstrong's biographer from December 2005. (You can listen to the podcast......
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
Meet the man who made up to $28,000 a month writing internet book reviews.New York Times reporter David Streitfeld has written a fascinating piece about......
Monday, August 27, 2012 |
The erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has become the bestselling book of all time in England since record-keeping began (Associated Press file photo)A British......
Monday, August 27, 2012 |
Which authors have the best odds of taking home the prestigious award, according to British sports betting company Ladbrokes?...
Friday, August 24, 2012 |
In 1982, Prince William was born, the Ocean Ranger sank and Michael Jackson released Thriller. It was also the year that CBC host Jian......
Friday, August 24, 2012 |
First aired on Babel (20/8/12) Did you order your grande skinny half-caf breve today? In order to get the java, it helps to speak......
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Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
Shelagh Rogers interviewed many fabulous authors this past season on The Next Chapter. Every now and then, she would have a conversation so compelling,......
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Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
This summer, the Writers & Company weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from the show's archives. We hope you'll enjoy this......
Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
First aired on CBC News (15/8/12) When the Wildwood Public Library had to move to a new location, the staff chose an unusual method......
Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
Researchers at England's University of Worcester have found that parents would want their children to read Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol more than any......
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |
A graph of countries plotted on the Great Gatsby curve (Source: MilesCorak.com). The complete findings are found in "Inequality from Generation to Generation: The......
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |
As the U.S. election campaign ramps up, online retailer Amazon has been using "heat map" to graph conservative-themed "Red" and left-leaning "Blue" political book sales throughout the country in the past month....
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |
First aired on DNTO (11/8/12) What kind of airplane passenger are you? Do you patiently wait your turn to board or do you push......
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
First aired on Q (13/08/12)Self-proclaimed media manipulator Ryan Holiday had a secret. In this age of social media, blogs and the 24-hour news cycle, he......
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
First aired on Babel (13/8/12) "What's stupid about English is that letters don't represent sounds." After teaching English as a second language for 13......
Monday, August 20, 2012 |
First aired on The Sunday Edition (19/08/12)Murder mysteries may not be the first books you think of to take the beach, but novelists Giles......
Monday, August 20, 2012 |
First aired on The Nature of Things (09/08/12) Words such as selfish, reckless, irrational, irritable and impossible are often used to describe teenagers. But......
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Monday, August 20, 2012 |
Who says that a generation raised on video games doesn't pick up books?Members of Generation Y, those born between 1979 and 1989, spent more money......
Monday, August 20, 2012 |
"She" is catching up to "he" when it comes to books.A new study has found that the gap between masculine and feminine pronouns in books......
Friday, August 17, 2012 |
Writer Susan Sontag at the Frankfurt Book Fair in central Germany on Oct. 11, 2003 (AP Photo/Michael Probst) This summer, the Writers & Company......
Friday, August 17, 2012 |
[View the story "Books as craft projects" on Storify]......
Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
Shelagh Rogers interviewed many fabulous authors this past season on The Next Chapter. Every now and then, she would have a conversation so compelling,......
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Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
Recently, a series of photos by Dinah Fried of meals with a literary theme inspired us to ask our audience to come up with an image......
Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
The U.S. Republican vice-presidential hopeful has backed off over his past declarations of support for the ideas of intensely pro-capitalist novelist Ayn Rand. But how much is Ryan actually influenced by the controversial writer? ...
Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Author J.R.R. Tolkien has received an honour that's out of this world.The much revered creator of......
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
Imagine, if you can, being back in high school and getting in touch with Mark Twain through social media to talk about the Huckleberry Finn......
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
The triumph, the defeat, the sacrifices, the pain, the getting to the top and the falling short: the excruciating and emotional journey of an......
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
Julia Child displays a salade nicoise she prepared in the kitchen of her vacation home in Grasse, in southern France, in this August 21,......
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
First aired on Babel (06/08/12) Punctuation can help clarify what we mean and even emphasize certain points. But with the proliferation of smart phones,......
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
Quebec-born Jean Charbonneau has a unique job working as a prison librarian in Maryland. He discusses what it's like to choose books for inmates and lead literary discussions....
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
President John F. Kennedy riding in motorcade with his wife Jacqueline Kenndy before he was shot in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 (AP......
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Monday, August 13, 2012 |
First aired on The Sunday Edition (12/08/12)This week's installment of The Sunday Edition's beach reads series looks at thrillers. Emily Schultz knows a thing or......
Monday, August 13, 2012 |
Legendary novelist John Steinbeck would have been outraged over how the Texas authorities are using his character Lennie Small, his son Thomas says (Associated Press)First......
Friday, August 10, 2012 |
Author Jane Jacobs in Toronto on May 12, 2004 (CP PHOTO/Adrian Wyld) This summer, the Writers & Company weekly podcast will feature some of......
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Friday, August 10, 2012 |
First aired on Day 6 (03/08/12) Is pop music getting louder and dumber? A new study by Spanish researchers suggests that's the case. According to......
Thursday, August 9, 2012 |
In this April 10, 1912, file photo, the Titanic leaves Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage to New York City. Five days into its......
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Thursday, August 9, 2012 |
First aired on Fear Itself (06/08/12)For many of us, the childhood summer camping experience isn't complete without sitting around a roaring fire, roasting marshmallows and......
Thursday, August 9, 2012 |
Canada's Derek Drouin won a bronze medal in the men's high jump competition Tuesday at the London Olympics (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press) First aired on......
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Thursday, August 9, 2012 |
Essayist David Rakoff passed away Thursday at 47 years of age. Rakoff, who was born in Montreal, was diagnosed with cancer a second time two......
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 |
First aired on The Sunday Edition (05/08/12)Some people may want to relax at the beach and let their minds wander, but fans of suspense want......
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 |
Online literary magazine The Millions says it has identified the 10 most difficult books in English-language literature. Project curators Emily Colette Wilkinson and Garth Risk......
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 |
China's Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang (R) play against South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na during their women's doubles badminton match in the......
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012 |
Christine Sinclair, captain of the Canadian women's soccer team (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) UPDATE: This contest is now closed. Congrats to Julia E. who won......
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 |
Edwin Encarnacion (left) and Jose Bautista (right) are two of the multilingual members of the Toronto Blue Jays (Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) First aired on......
Putting off work may actually help you perform better later, if you do it right. In his new book Wait: The Art and Science of Delay, Partnoy makes the case for productive procrastination. Check out his interview on Q. Sometime today. ...
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It's been 50 years since Marilyn Monroe died, yet fascination with the sex symbol from the post-war era remains high. Born Norma Jean Mortenson, she......
This summer, the Writers & Company weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from the show's archives. We hope you'll enjoy this......
First aired on The Current (01/08/12)Since the late 1930s, Superman has been, and remains, one of the most iconic superheroes in history. His story......
Last lines are so important. They are the final thought readers are left with. They conclude the story at hand but set up possibility for......
Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
Shelagh Rogers interviewed many fabulous authors this past season on The Next Chapter. Every now and then, she would have a conversation so compelling,......
Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
We hosted the July #CanLit chat on Thursday, August 2, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. The theme was "Ready, set, go: reading......
Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
On August 6, Jamaica will celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. CBC is celebrating with events, a special TV documentary Two Worlds, One Love,......
Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
D.W. Wilson is the lone Canadian on the 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize longlist. Wilson, who is nominated for his short story collection Once You......
Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
First aired on Q (31/7/12) Caitlin Moran has been called "the British Tina Fey" and a "feminist hero for our times." She's one of......
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
Author and playwright Gore Vidal, passed away at his home in the Hollywood Hills on Tuesday evening, CBC News reports. Vidal was sick for......
