As soon as it was published in 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, the first of eight stories about Anne Shirley, found fans and made its author famous. So it may be surprising to learn that, after multiple...
When people think “Olympics,” works of art are not usually the first images that pop into their heads. Sports, obviously; architecture, sure; ceremony and spectacle, absolutely – but paintings tend to be pretty far down the list. This year, however,...
Celebrated as the “most magnificent bookstore in Canada, possibly North America” by journalist Allen Fotheringham (and many others!), Munro’s Books in Victoria, British Columbia is as culturally significant as it is beautiful. Founded in 1963 by Jim Munro and his first...