Long Form Thinking

Gordon Lockheed introduces a new term into his series about the book publishing industry crisis.

Rioting Police, Mayors Who Won’t March and other stories

Wally Hourback, writing from North Bay, comments on some recent news items

Brian Fawcett goes to the Writers’ Union of Canada AGM and doesn’t find it relevant or much fun

Margaret Randall reports from Tunisia.

Jean Baird files a think piece about the how Canadian writing is no longer taught in our secondary and middle schools and why it happened.

Norbert Ruebsaat thinks Stephen Harper is a Dungeons and Dragons politician, and he thinks even less of NDP leader Jack Layton

We’re going to bring Jeans reports closer to the present in the next several weeks, so get ready to follow them in quick succession.

In accordance with our “Always glad to help a fella on the make” rules, Gordon Lockheed answers a letter.

Jean Baird files her report on 1987. It’s an interesting year.

Gordon Lockheed looks at the deep structure of the book publishing malaise, offers some provisional solutions, but sees a deeper threat emerging