Much outcry as Australian broadcaster kills popular radio book show

I will take this opportunity to point to the spectacular example that Australia’s Book Show has set in books coverage on radio – and to lament that fact that we don’t have anything that comes even close to daily books coverage here in Canada.
                                          
                                           Ramona Koval, presenter of
                                           The Book Show

How do you pronounce “boatswain”?

The Globe and Mail wins the prize for obscurity.

Under the Skin of War, by Chantal Ringuet

Chantal Ringuet, who has written a series of Letters from Israel on this website, has just published  Under the Skin of War (BuschekBooks, Ottawa), a collection of poetry inspired by the work of British photographer Don McCullin. The launch takes place this evening at Librairie Le port de tête, 6 - 8 p.m.

Mind the Gap, part II, by Kenneth Radu

Not long ago I saw the extraordinary Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express, a Josef von Sternberg movie with wonderful black and white cinematography, much of which occurs on a train. In the film Dietrich utters the magnificent line, “it took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.” Presumably not all on the train, but one is allowed to imagine so.

Marylebone Station, London