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17H AGO

Megan Falley carries Andrea Gibson's legacy through multimedia poetry tour

The late poet's widow is staging a sold-out production at Toronto featuring film, live music, and intimate storytelling about their 12-year love.

1D AGO

Rachel Reid's 'Heated Rivalry' empire reaches 5.2 million copies sold as fandom intensity grows

The Toronto-published queer hockey romance that started as midnight iPad notes has exploded into a global phenomenon, reshaping Reid's...

2D AGO

Kat Sandler's Yaga, starring Hudson Williams, premiered at TIFF in Toronto

Playwright Kat Sandler, who wrote the 2019 play, says the series began as a Baba Yaga story about invisible women and real monsters.

7D AGO

Pulitzer winner Yiyun Li channels grief into "Music Against the Night," first novel of a planned trilogy

The Princeton professor's new novel about 19th-century musicians is dedicated to the memory of her two sons. Li won the 2026 Pulitzer...

10D AGO

Blondie returns with 'High Noon' album in February, first single out now

The new wave pioneers drop 'Spectral Eyes' today, written by Johnny Marr of The Smiths, ahead of a 13-track album featuring Glen Matlock...

15D AGO

John Cleese breaks down how Monty Python scrapped 97 percent of Holy Grail's first draft

The Python co-creator shared the chaos behind the 1975 film at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre, explaining how Michael Palin's coconut...

16D AGO

Anne Carson's Nobel Prize in Literature sparks buying frenzy at Indigo

Sales of the Toronto-born poet's titles jumped 10,325 percent Thursday, with online searches climbing over 20,000 percent following the...

16D AGO

How fado music became Toronto's secret weapon for reclaiming Portuguese pride

Sold-out venues across the GTA and a first-ever International Fado Festival show how a 70-year-old immigrant tradition is breaking into...

17D AGO

Anne Carson, Toronto-born poet, wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

The University of Toronto graduate and classics scholar wins the award for work that remakes classical forms for contemporary readers.

17D AGO

Run Terry Run reveals intimate side of the Marathon of Hope with never-heard audio

Director Sean Menard and Terry Fox's brother Darrell share why a new documentary moves beyond myth to show the real person behind the...

19D AGO

Twenty years later, Nuit Blanche draws crowds but leaves locals divided

The all-night art crawl marked its anniversary this past weekend. Some say the event has lost its spark; others celebrate improved...

21D AGO

Before the Bentway: photographer documents CBM Bathurst concrete plant's 1998 life

A concrete batching facility that supplied downtown Toronto from 1960 until its closure occupied fill land beside the Gardiner...