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Three pop-culture escapes to enjoy in your next free moment, no matter how long

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Members of K-pop group BTS, from left to right: V, Jin, Jimin, Suga, Jungkook and J-Hope, performing during the BTS comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul.

Members of K-pop group BTS, from left to right: V, Jin, Jimin, Suga, Jungkook and J-Hope, performing during the BTS comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul.

Hannah Sung

3 min read

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of April 25

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

1 min read

Books we’re reading and loving in April

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Cropped book cover for web.

Cropped book cover for web.

5 min read

Actress Sonya Walger, graphic novelist Lee Lai among authors shortlisted for Carol Shields Prize

Sonya Walger, a writer longlisted for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Kayt Jones (Mandatory Credit)

Sonya Walger, a writer longlisted for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Kayt Jones (Mandatory Credit)

Sonya Walger, a writer longlisted for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Kayt Jones (Mandatory Credit)

1 min read

review

Son of Nobody buries the reality of death in a children’s story

Matt Horseman

Cropped feature image of Son of Nobody

Cropped feature image of Son of Nobody

Cropped feature image of Son of Nobody

4 min read

April 24, 2026

Members of K-pop group BTS, from left to right: V, Jin, Jimin, Suga, Jungkook and J-Hope, performing during the BTS comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul.

Members of K-pop group BTS, from left to right: V, Jin, Jimin, Suga, Jungkook and J-Hope, performing during the BTS comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul.

Three pop-culture escapes to enjoy in your next free moment, no matter how long

Hannah Sung

3 min read

April 24, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of April 25

1 min read

April 21, 2026

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Cropped book cover for web.

Books we’re reading and loving in April

5 min read

April 21, 2026

Sonya Walger, a writer longlisted for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Kayt Jones (Mandatory Credit)

Sonya Walger, a writer longlisted for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Kayt Jones (Mandatory Credit)

Actress Sonya Walger, graphic novelist Lee Lai among authors shortlisted for Carol Shields Prize

1 min read

April 17, 2026

Cropped feature image of Son of Nobody

Cropped feature image of Son of Nobody

review

Son of Nobody buries the reality of death in a children’s story

Matt Horseman

4 min read

April 17, 2026

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 1944 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, and General Charles De Gaulle, centre, salute at France's Unknown Warrior at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. Though allies in World War II, De Gaulle twice vetoed Britain's application in the 1960s to join what was then known as the European Economic Community. On Wednesday, April 10 2019, British Prime Minister Theresa May is to ask EU leaders in Brussels for an extension to Britain's departure from the European Union. French President Emmanuel Macron has been taking a hard-line ahead of the summit. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 1944 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, and General Charles De Gaulle, centre, salute at France's Unknown Warrior at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. Though allies in World War II, De Gaulle twice vetoed Britain's application in the 1960s to join what was then known as the European Economic Community. On Wednesday, April 10 2019, British Prime Minister Theresa May is to ask EU leaders in Brussels for an extension to Britain's departure from the European Union. French President Emmanuel Macron has been taking a hard-line ahead of the summit. (AP Photo, File)

review

The Last Titans sizes up the leaders of England and France during war and its aftermath

David Shribman

5 min read

April 17, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of April 18

1 min read

April 15, 2026

Blush Contemporary Makeup artists book cover

Blush Contemporary Makeup artists book cover

The season’s top style and design titles to add to your bookshelf

4 min read

April 14, 2026

Five books about space to fill your post-Artemis II void

2 min read

April 14, 2026

This composite image shows 2025-26 Donner Prize finalists.

This composite image shows 2025-26 Donner Prize finalists.

Globe columnists among authors nominated for this year’s Donner Prize

2 min read

April 10, 2026

Keefe at home in New York on March 12.

Keefe at home in New York on March 12.

In new book London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe tells his most intimate true story yet

13 min read

April 10, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of April 11

1 min read

April 8, 2026

Poet Karen Solie is the only Canadian to receive this year’s literary award.

Poet Karen Solie is the only Canadian to receive this year’s literary award.

Canadian poet Karen Solie wins US$175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize

2 min read

April 7, 2026

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review

In Fertility is honest and vivid about the emotional toll of navigating IVF

4 min read

April 7, 2026

Cropped book cover for The Governors General

Cropped book cover for The Governors General

review

The Governors General is far from authoritative – but it’s a delicious read

John Ibbitson

6 min read

April 3, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of April 4

1 min read

April 2, 2026

Portrait of George Eliot, author of Middlemarch, at age 30 by Alexandre-Louis-François d’Albert-Durade.

Portrait of George Eliot, author of Middlemarch, at age 30 by Alexandre-Louis-François d’Albert-Durade.

opinion

It took me six months to read the 800-page Middlemarch. Here’s why I think you should, too

J.D.M. Stewart

6 min read

April 2, 2026

Poster with hands holding tablet with flying books on colorful abstract background. Concept of online libraries, EdTech, publishing, distance learning, schools, modern education.

Poster with hands holding tablet with flying books on colorful abstract background. Concept of online libraries, EdTech, publishing, distance learning, schools, modern education.

Trying to read more? These professional bookworms share their tips

Sarah Laing

12 min read

April 2, 2026

Yann Martel, the Canadian author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Life of Pi’, stands in Regent’s Park in the north-western area of central London on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Ayesha Kazim/The Globe and Mail

Yann Martel, the Canadian author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Life of Pi’, stands in Regent’s Park in the north-western area of central London on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Ayesha Kazim/The Globe and Mail

Yann Martel puts his spin on the Trojan War in Son of Nobody

7 min read

March 27, 2026

Book cover. Escape! by Stephen Fishbach

Book cover. Escape! by Stephen Fishbach

Books we’re reading and loving in March

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March 27, 2026

Author Santa Montefiore

Author Santa Montefiore

She wrote the bestselling Deverill Chronicles series – but first, some bruising rejections

5 min read

March 27, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of March 28

1 min read

March 24, 2026

Jean-Benoît Dumais, chief executive officer of Les Librairies indépendantes du Québec.

Jean-Benoît Dumais, chief executive officer of Les Librairies indépendantes du Québec.

Quebec-based online bookstore network expands across Canada, giving independent shops an edge

5 min read

March 23, 2026

Leonard Cohen, Montreal Poet
Accession#: 75021-05
Photo by: Jack Dobson / The Globe and Mail

Leonard Cohen, Montreal Poet
Accession#: 75021-05
Photo by: Jack Dobson / The Globe and Mail

review

We can say Hallelujah to The World of Leonard Cohen

5 min read

March 20, 2026

Catherine Walsh Author

How to Write a Love Story
A Novel Book Cover

By Catherine Walsh

Catherine Walsh feels a little nervous publishing her novel physically for the first time

5 min read

March 20, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of March 21

1 min read

March 19, 2026

Author Carley Fortune poses in Toronto on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Author Carley Fortune poses in Toronto on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Netflix to adapt Canadian author Carley Fortune’s This Summer Will Be Different into series

1 min read

March 19, 2026

Four edgy mysteries to usher in spring

4 min read

March 18, 2026

Brian Stewart seen in this undated photo, is up for TheÂ Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for his book On the Ground: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Katie Stewart (Mandatory Credit)

Broadcast journalist Brian Stewart’s memoir is one of five books in the running for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
The Writers’ Trust of Canada released its short list on Wednesday, with jurors saying On the Ground: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent features Stewart’s “extraordinary perspective on our times and on Canada’s place in the world.”

Brian Stewart, Maggie Helwig among finalists for Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

1 min read

March 17, 2026

Stay Alive Berlin 1939-1945 author Stephen Buruma

Stay Alive Berlin 1939-1945 author Stephen Buruma

review

Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945 paints a vivid portrait of a city under moral, financial, and military siege

David Shribman

4 min read

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