Tag: book

  • Not that kind of book

    Not that kind of book

    STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER Many critics have savaged Lena Dunham’s new memoir Not That Kind Of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned”. The 28-year-old writer and creator of HBO’s Girls released the controversial collection of essays in September. In it, she delves into her own sexuality, which has been heavily influenced by…

  • Illustration student spreads wings with new children’s book

    Illustration student spreads wings with new children’s book

    STORY BY LINDA HERMIZ Julie-Ann Pelleboer never dreamed she’d have her artwork displayed in Chapters. But the 22-year-old illustrator’s hard work paid off in Caterpillar’s Wings, a children’s book to hit store shelves this month. “It feels big, but also really surreal,” said Pelleboer. “You always see it happen to people in movies and you…

  • From courts to bookshelves, lawyer pens first novel

    From courts to bookshelves, lawyer pens first novel

    STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR One of the biggest challenges authors face is keeping the muse alive and finding time to write. Michael Michaud, 38, had to juggle his day job of being an Assistant Crown Attorney in the GTA with writing his very first novel titled Billy Tabbs (& The Glorious Darrow). “I wrote just…