The standard disclaimer in a work of fiction – insisting it is just that and denying its characters' "resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead" – is usually brisk, assertive and buried amid ...

People often rave about the literary accomplishments of twentysomethings, as if the mere fact that someone so young has written a book is reason to celebrate their greatness. What they often fail to ...

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Peter Behrens's Governor General's award-winning book The Law of Dreams and Heather O'Neill's Lullabies for Little Criminals were among six finalists nominated Wednesday for Canada's First Novel Award ...

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Like the characters in his new novel, The O’Briens, Peter Behrens has spent much of his life effortlessly crossing the Canada-U.S. border. Born and raised in Montreal, where he attended Lower Canada ...

Bookworm, a family saga worth the name. Not sentimental, not choppy and episodic, rather awash in the sights, sounds, flavors and odors of the past. We follow the Irish-Canadian O'Brien family through ...