Review of Lauren Mackler’s Solemate

Posted on January 4, 2011November 1, 2011 by T. U. Dawood

Lauren Mackler (below, right) has put her heart and soul into Solemate: Master the Art of Aloneness & Transform Your Life, a Hay House publication that walks readers through the importance of finding completion within oneself. She believes that first one must be whole because connecting with others. She shares her own life story and experience […]

The 2010 Scotiabank Giller Awards: Canadian Literature Goes Glamorous

Posted on November 10, 2010November 1, 2011 by T. U. Dawood

In a world where talented musicians are being discovered via MySpace and the internet, it’s truly a sign of the times that Nova Scotian Johanna Skibsrud just won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her book The Sentimentalists. Her publisher Gaspereau Press brought out only a small run of the book of just 800 copies, most of which […]