I have a confession to make. Before Zsuzsi Gartner’s new book was pitched to me as her debut novel, it hadn’t occurred to me that she had not written a novel before. It’s not that I mistook someone ...

The Beguiling is one of Toronto’s most venerable and arguably best-stocked comic book stores. What was once two ramshackle floors of comics ranging from manga, Canadian, French Canadian, superhero, ...

In his feature debut, filmmaker Zia Mohajerjasbi shows a knack for believable characters and an eye for urban locations. Robel (Joseph Smith) lives with his mother Amuna (Selamawit Gebresus), his ...

or nearly two decades, visitors to the Beguiling, the charmingly overstocked comic-book emporium in the heart of Toronto's Mirvish Village, would often be greeted by the sight of long-time owner Peter ...

Lifelong friend of Trappist Monk Thomas Merton and abstract painter Ad Reinhardt, Robert Lax wrote spare poems that, in their beguiling simplicity, provoke anxieties about how and why we read. A ...

The Beguiling, “the best comic store in North America,” celebrates its 25th anniversary You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you ...

The Beguiling Books and Art, which opened in 1987 in Toronto, is considered one of the best comic book stores in North America. When it was announced several years ago that Beguiling (which takes its ...

“The Beguiling,” the stunning debut novel from Vancouver writer Zsuzsi Gartner, begins with a death. Zoltan, the beloved cousin of protagonist Lucy, is assaulted at a very strange party, and dies ...

Though it has earned a reputation as a great location for filming comic book adaptations, Toronto's relationship with sequential art extends beyond its facades. Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman, ...

Shô Miyake's Locarno winner probes the deeper impact of modest encounters in an elegantly structured miniature that spills out from a writer's imagination into her less controlled real life. A ...