Fiction, non-fiction and more

The Globe bestsellers

All our regular lists, plus this week's custom lists: Games, and Hockey

Awards

Annabel Lyon nominated for first novel award

Five others up for Amazon.ca prize

Lynn Coady
The Tuesday Essay

10 rules for writing (dogless, well-nourished) fiction

Lynn Coady’s advice for struggling authors that really matters

Picture Perfect

Alice through the ages

A look at some of the many ways the girl who went down the rabbit hole has been brought to life

Author Matt Lennox in Panjwaii District, Kandahar, in September, 2008.
Books

Tales from Kandahar - just not yet

Officer doesn’t know whether he has the ‘right’ to speak for fellow soldiers in Afghanistan

Richard Ford: 'Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer's a good idea.'
Writing tipsters

On you go

Advice from real writers for those who need advice from real writers

Adrian Johns

The Daily Review, Thu., Mar. 4

When copyright walked the plank

Grace Westcott reviews Piracy, by Adrian Jones

Publishing

Blair memoir coming in September

To be published by Knopf Canada here

Martel gets letter of praise from Obama

Still no word from Harper

Veterans criticize James Cameron for A-bomb book defence

Avatar director says errors in book must be ‘misunderstanding’

The Daily Review, Wed., Mar. 3

Relative simplicity

Judith Fitzgerald reviews The Cousin, by John Calabro

The Daily Review, Tue., Mar. 2

Hearth, home and keyboard

Kevin Bazzana reviews Mr. Langshaw’s Square Piano, by Madeline Goold

News

Publisher pulls Hiroshima book after author fails to quell doubts

Last Train from Hiroshima got strong reviews and was optioned for film by James Cameron

The Daily Review, Mon., Mar. 1

Riddle me this

Jim Bartley reviews The Plight House, by Jason Hrivnak

Interview

A foot in the sand, a foot in the snow

Henning Mankell on Sweden, Africa and the end of Wallander

From Saturday's Books section

The things they long for

Charlotte Gill reviews The Only Thing I Have, by Rhonda Waterfall

Margaret Cannon
New in crime fiction

Catherine Gildiner curls up on a couch in the sitting room of her Creemore, Ont., farmhouse.

My books, my place
Read it and wheat

Russell Smith

Russell Smith: On Language
The writing advice industry
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H.J. Kirchhoff
New in paperback

A weekly guide to the hottest new paperback releases. This week: Giles Blunt, Shona MacLean and more

New in children's books
Where fishing reels come from

Susan Perren reviews The Chinese Thought of It, by Ting-xing Ye

The Chinese Thought of It: Amazing Inventions and Innovations, by Ting-xing Ye, Annick, 48 pages, $19.95 (hardcover), $9.95 (paperback; pictured here)
The Globe Books blog
Uh-O, Canada!

Martin Levin's Shelf Life
For entrepreneurial authors only

The Globe Books Weekly Survey

Is there a stolen/accidentally unreturned public or school library book in your permanent collection?

Interactive Puzzles

Challenge yourself with today's puzzles

Crossword Puzzles

Sudoku Puzzles

Decoding the Decade: Books
The Book of the Decade

You don't need to visit the Hall of Prophecy to figure this one out

British author J.K. Rowling presents her novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the National History museum in London.
IFOA XXX
IFOA podcast archive

From Atwood to Ignatieff to Willis, a complete set of all the podcasts of readings and discussions recorded at the International Festival of Authors