Darrell Hartman News Today

An engaging, illuminating history of the origins of the news media we know and feel ambivalent about today.

How to spend your gift money this year? The 100 Notable Books list is a good place to start.

Time for the annual look back at the year in writing, and for me as a reviewer, 2023 goes down as the year of the Alaska Native woman novelist, three

Globe and Mail editors and reviewers offer up our annual guide to the best fiction, non-fiction, thrillers, graphic novels, picture books and cookbooks of the year

It was perhaps the biggest news story of 1909. Or perhaps it’s better said that there were two competitors for the biggest news story of 1909, both of them seeking

The completion of the bridge will bring to a close a project that’s been in the works for the past two decades.

In 'Battle of Ink and Ice,' Arctic explorers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook face off again, accompanied by newspaper accounts that devote many juicy inches to their rivalry,

John Steele Gordon on “Battle of Ink and Ice,” by Darrell Hartmann.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

I work mainly as a magazine editor, a job that requires me to plan months ahead. What magazine readers see in December must often be arranged months in advance. These