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'X-Men' comic plans gay wedding Marvel comic book crime fighters X-Men have put down their weapons and picked up wedding rings for the first same-sex marriage in the superhero world, set for June. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-22 21:42:12

‘Bullets’ proof of author’s rise A dad and his four-year-old son are heading across a parking lot to a Tim Hortons in downtown Toronto when a couple of guys leave the doughnut shop, an old Cadillac pulls up, a man steps out of it as a young woman employee runs to it, and somebody -- maybe a couple of somebodies -- start shooting. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-19 07:26:27

Surprise son sparks thrilling adventure FBI agent Sean Reilly is the hero of Raymond Khoury's best-selling Templar novels. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-19 07:26:27

Everything but the answer Linden MacIntyre's somewhat demanding new novel, Why Men Lie, is the third volume of a Cape Breton trilogy which featured The Long Stretch, published in 1999, and The Bishop's Man, winner of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-19 07:26:26

Touching bases with morality Warren Tracey was dying, his body riddled with tumours but his mind painfully alert, when for the first time in his miserable, damned life he did the right thing. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-12 07:16:14

This heroine’s life never dull Class, and its occasional companion race, have often been critical issues tucked inside the criminal and domestic dramas of Gail Bowen's Regina-set Joanne Kilbourn series, in which Kaleidoscope is the 13th entry. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-12 07:16:14

Maurice Sendak dead at 83 American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who is best known for his classic children’s books including “Where the Wild Things Are,” has died at the age of 83, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-08 10:41:31

Eyre-ly familiar Scottish-born novelist Margot Livesey takes some risks in transferring Charlotte Bronte's much-loved classic, Jane Eyre, into the 20th century. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-05 09:50:09

Drifting into Finnish darkness Finnish cop Kari Vaara has just had surgery for a brain tumour that leaves him unable to feel any emotions and is running a covert operation that strays onto morally ambiguous ground. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-05 09:50:07

Obama's past loves in new book George Clooney wasn't kidding when he said he'd never run for office because of his bad-boy past. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-05-03 21:58:48

Ru no ordinary immigrant’s tale Ru, which won the French language Governor General's Award for Fiction in 2010 and has been translated into English by celebrated translator Sheila Fischman, is more poetry than prose. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-28 09:53:21

The Republic of Shriver International best-selling novelist Lionel Shriver's latest book isn't exactly new. She wrote it more than 10 years ago. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-28 09:53:21

Englander's 'Anne Frank' a gem There isn't much about the legendary Anne Frank in Nathan Englander's new and perceptive collection of short stories, but there is much about Jewish identity as perceived by a writer tightly tied to his Jewish-American heritage. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-22 09:04:45

Over-complicated plot leads to a breakdown Sara Paretsky's Chicago female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski has won her legions of fans who will no doubt lap up this 15th novel in a series which has lasted 30 years. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-21 08:31:57

Ru no ordinary immigrant's tale Ru, which won the French language Governor General's Award for Fiction in 2010 and has been translated into English by celebrated translator Sheila Fischman, is more poetry than prose. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-21 08:31:56

Twilight author buys horror film rights The author of the Twilight books has snapped up the film rights to Lois Duncan's gothic horror novel Down a Dark Hall. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-20 08:06:08

Book details Cowell's love life Simon Cowell's sex life: four words to make your blood run cold. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-17 19:32:03

Fear, courage powerful mix As a former human rights lawyer and the author of non-fiction bestseller Stasiland about life in communist East Germany, Australian author Anna Funder knows a thing or two about digging deep to uncover the facts of history's fascinating stories. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-14 06:34:27

Edgy tales explore Jewish identity There isn't much about the legendary Anne Frank in Nathan Englander's new and perceptive collection of short stories, but there is much about Jewish identity as perceived by a writer tightly tied to his Jewish-American heritage. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-14 06:34:27

New Rowling novel title unveiled J.K. Rowling’s first book for adults will be a “blackly comic” novel set in an idyllic English town where all is not what it seems, its publisher said on Thursday. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-12 22:34:50

Murderer has a poker face It would be interesting to know the RCMP's views of its fictional employee Clare Vengel, protagonist of Vancouver's Robin Spano's two crime novels so far. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-07 02:44:53

Royal page-turner dubbed ‘wonderful read’ Philippa Gregory, the historian who writes like a novelist, (The Other Boleyn Girl, etc.) has produced another spellbinder in this story which presages England's War of the Roses. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-07 02:44:53

Cain series shows promise Some writers would kill to have blurbs from international stars like Dennis Lehane and Richard Russo attached to their novels. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-04-07 02:44:52

Detective in the crosshairs of a killer Espionage novelist Amanda Kyle Williams turns her hand to suspense in this new series featuring a female private eye, based in Atlanta. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-03-30 23:20:05

No snake eyes in this tale A title that comes straight from the Rolling Stones' playbook signals there's music in the novel ahead - and music of a particular rocking, brawling kind. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Feed: Books Date: 2012-03-30 23:20:04

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