Unpublished Newswire

The New York Times was not kind to BMO Field’s temporary stands, a metal scaffold topped by 17,000 new seats erected for the upcoming FIFA World Cup games in Toronto. When its local staffer attended the May 9 game there between Toronto FC and Inter Miami, he reported back under the headline: “You feel it shaking.” By the end of the article, however, the stands were decreed to have great sight lines. Thousands leapt to their feet as Lionel Messi scored his ninth goal of the season, “and if Saturday was any indication, those crowds will gladly hang out high above the Earth in a strange...

Here are two data points that may help illustrate the current state of Canada’s book culture. First is Quill & Quire’s list of domestic bestsellers from mid-January of this year, in which half of the ten titles listed were hockey romances by Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid. Second is a social media post that appeared a few weeks after the Q&Q list, from Vancouver author Anakana Schofield, whose audacious new novel, Library of Brothel, is being published this month: I made $31 total royalties last year. Please teach my books. Please buy my books. I am getting depressed over...