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A new edition of Philip Child’s great Canadian novel of the First World War.

A beautiful new edition of Hugh Hood’s debut story collection.

Folktale, memoir, fiction, literary hoax, The Yellow Briar is all of these.

For decades Toronto historian Mike Filey has regaled readers with stories of the city’s past through its landmarks, neighbourhoods, streetscapes, social customs, pleasure palaces, politics, sportin

Maria Chapdelaine, the quintessential novel of the rugged life of early French-Canadian colonists, is based on the author’s experiences as a hired hand in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean area.

First published in 1935, Pilgrims of the Wild is Grey Owl's autobiographical account of his transition from successful trapper to preservationist.

Out of print for many years, this much sought-after guide is being brought back just in time for the megacity's first summer.

From the 1890s through the 1920s, as horse gave way to machine, the look of Toronto and the lifestyles of its inhabitants were irrevocably altered.

On October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel battered southern Ontario, leaving in its wake a terrible toll: thousands homeless, million in property damage, and, worst of all, 81 people dead.

First published in 1982, I Remember Sunnyside is a mine of golden memories, bringing back to life an earlier Toronto, only hints of which remain today.Like the city itself, Sunnyside was an evercha

B.C. journalist Stephen Hume has said that fur trader and explorer Simon Fraser should be celebrated as the founder of British Columbia.

Mike Filey’s "The Way We Were" column in the Toronto Sun continues to be one of the paper’s most popular features.

Established in 1876, Mount Pleasant Cemetery has a rich and textured history.

Arthur James Marshall Smith — prize-winning poet, essayist, influential anthologist, and critic — died in 1980.

Mike Filey's collection of pictures of Toronto from the earliest days of photography had gained a reputation as one of the most interesting visual archives of the city's history.