NNELS Upgrade

Mike Filey brings the stories of Toronto, its people and places, to life.

The travel writing of celebrated writer George Fetherling is filled with vivid prose and bizarre characters.

A travel narrative written over the course of ten years, One Russia, Two Chinas is about change and resistance to change in the postmodern world.

The Toronto Star called him a legendary figure in Canadian writing, and indeed George Fetherling has been prolific in many genres: poetry, history, travel narrative, memoir, and cultural studies.

Follow George Fetherling as he travels through Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia looking for any remaining traces of the Indochina that was.

At a turning point in his life, George Fetherling embarked on an adventure to sail round the world on one of the last of the tramp freighters.

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

Originally published in 1962, The Silence on the Shore is considered by many critics to be Hugh Garners best, most ambitious novel.

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

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.

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.