Battle of the books: the physical versus the digital
File photo Gone are the days of lugging around your thick textbooks and heavy novels: Audiobooks and eBooks are here to help, with all the convenience that the digital age has...
How old books can teach us modern lessons
Contributed image Classic literature’s relevance and significance in modern times have been found in the lessons they provide Despite being written centuries ago, the...
Hey school board, leave those kids alone
A Tennessee school board has removed Maus, a graphic novel depicting the Holocaust, from its grade 8 curriculum The novel, which uses cats and mice to symbolize Nazis and Jewish...
Dr. Seuss books being recalled for racist images
On Mar 2, the Dr Seuss Foundation pulled six of its books from publishing: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!,...
Books taught in classes at Laurier that you’ll actually love
A lot of the time, the readings that you’re assigned for class just aren’t great Maybe it’s because you’re being forced to read it, or maybe it’s because no one...
A review of Frederick Backman’s “Anxious People”
“This is a story about a lot of things, but mostly about idiots,” Swedish author Fredrik Backman divulges to his readers on the opening page of his new novel Anxious People...
A passion for the post-apocalyptic
There is a simplicity, poignancy and versatility to the post-apocalyptic genre of entertainment that so often dives into the deepest, most primal parts of our brains, asking us...
Adapting to the film adaptation
A while ago, while wandering the bookstore, I noticed a copy of the novel Nocturnal Animals with a large, obstructing, eye-catching sticker on the cover, proudly announcing...
Finding the right book to read this summer
School’s out and you’ve done away with textbooks and thrown hundreds of pages of study notes into a bonfire You now have time to kick back, relax and enjoy a solid novel...
Why do we read books?
They are our favourite adventure, our worst nightmare, our fantasized romance, our most mind-boggling mystery and our life-changing experience. They anchor our souls yet let us sail away.