Books

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Jan. 15, 2022

Understanding Russia through two books

Shakespeare’s First Folio acquired by UBC in ‘once-in-eternity’ purchase

Politics Briefing: Quebec announces a ‘significant’ financial penalty for residents who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19

Author Lawrence Hill swims in the children’s book waters with his children as inspiration

Harry Potter and the controversial author

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Jan. 8, 2022

Gaelic version of Anne of Green Gables brings beloved story to its roots

In her new historical novel The Singing Forest, author Judith McCormack delves into the dark Soviet past

A look at the mess surrounding Messi and Barcelona’s fall

Ontario psychiatrist explores the mind’s ties to every part of the body in new book

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Dec. 25, 2021

Money is oxygen – don’t let anyone control your supply

Politics Briefing: Six members of Prime Minister’s staff test positive for COVID-19

Esi Edugyan on the Black stories Canada forgot

Shirley Zussman, indefatigable sex therapist, dies at 107

Readers are desperate for books, and publishers want to sell them. Between them is a global logistical mess

It’s been a great year (for books)

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Dec. 18, 2021

New York AG taps brakes on effort to seize Cuomo book profits

14 books from 2021 that will bring comfort and joy to your holiday reading

The bookworm, her astronomical library fine and the day she had to come clean

New York ethics panel orders Cuomo to pay $5.1-million in book earnings

Leadership advice gets reframed for the pandemic era in these three books by women

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Dec. 11, 2021

Canada’s book retailers offer great gift ideas for the holidays

Academics and authors Alix Ohlin and Randy Boyagoda share insights on structuring stories (and writing during meetings)

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny on what drew them to write political thriller State of Terror together

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Dec. 4, 2021

Job-hop your way to higher pay

Margaret Atwood and Katherena Vermette, winner of the inaugural Atwood Gibson prize, discuss sanitized history and writing the truth

Marie-Claire Blais, celebrated novelist and playwright, dies at 82

The Globe 100: The books we loved in 2021

Prince Charles rejects claim he queried skin tone of Harry and Meghan’s child

Writer Jenna Butler meditates on the healing power of bees in her Governor-General’s Award-nominated memoir