The secret Jewish history of Tom Jones – The Forward
The 81-year-old singer has two Bob Dylan songs on his latest album, plays Tel Aviv and has sung frequently about Samson and Delilah.
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The 81-year-old singer has two Bob Dylan songs on his latest album, plays Tel Aviv and has sung frequently about Samson and Delilah.
, won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour as well as a Canadian Jewish Literary Award. It was also a finalist for both the Governor General's Award for fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. He lives in Hamilton, Ont. The Lover, the Lake is a novel by Virginia Pésémapeo Bordeleau (pictured), translated by Susan Ouriou.(Freehand Books) The Lover, the Lake was a sensation when it was originally published in French. Now available in English, The Lover, the Lake is a celebration of Indigenous sexuality and sensuality. It is the story of a forbidden but fulfilling love affair between...
Crime and thrillers: three for March Robert Dex Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison With around three decades writing comics including Batman and Judge Dredd behind him, Robbie Morrison makes his debut as a novelist with a bang – or should that be a kapow? His dark historical thriller begins with a horrific domestic murder in 1932 Glasgow before slowly working its way into something even worse. Along the way, Morrison sketches out a familiar picture of the No Mean City of urban legend - all sectarian strife and striking shipyard workers while razor gangs fight it out in ten...
The Crash Palace is a book by Andrew Wedderburn.(Coach House Books, Malcolm Overend) The Crash Palace is about a woman named Audrey, who used to work in the oil fields and attend parties at a remote lodge in the wilderness known as the Crash Palace. Audrey has long left that life behind her, and now has a daughter. But one night, she is compelled to return to the now-abandoned Crash Palace — where she must also reckon with her past. When you can read it: Jan. 12, 2021 Andrew Wedderburn is a writer from Alberta. He is also the author of The Milk Chicken Bomb, which was a finalist for the A...