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Down to Crown

What did the viceregal ever do for us?

Adam Dodek

Positively Shady

The glamorous activism of M.A.C Cosmetics

Elspeth H. Brown

Minor Hockey as Big Business

The disturbing shift from kids’ game to pricey investment

Sheema Khan
Cover spread of the June 2026 issue, photographed by Bryan Dickie.
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Tom Hawthorn reviews Michelle Pannor Silver’s Aging with Agility. Sophia Ohler on Sadie McCarney’s The Bright Afters. Results from the National Magazine Awards. 

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Bank Note

Your call is important to us

Kyle Wyatt
A photograph by Jeff McIntosh for Adam Dodek’s June 2026 review of “The Governors General,” by John Fraser.

Down to Crown

What did the viceregal ever do for us?

Adam Dodek
An illustration by Raymond Biesinger for David Marks Shribman’s June 2026 review of “The Dollar a Year Men,” by Allan Levine.

Here’s Howe

The titans, tycoons, and industrialists who helped win the war

David Marks Shribman
An illustration by Nick Lowndes for Daniel Woolf’s June 2026 review of “Canada in the Age of Rum,” by Allan Greer.

Barrelling Through History

Sugar and spice but not always nice

Daniel Woolf
An illustration by David Parkins for Jude Isabella’s June 2026 review of “Lessons from a Lifetime,” by David Suzuki with Ian Hanington.

To Keep Catching Fish

David Suzuki casts a wide net

Jude Isabella
A photograph by Sean Kilpatrick for Ruth Panofsky’s June 2026 review of “wîhtamawik/Tell Them,” by Louise Bernice Halfe- Sky Dancer.

Truths That Bear Repeating

Walking down a poet’s path

Ruth Panofsky
An illustration by Paige Stampatori for Catherine Khordoc’s June 2026 review of “Paris en vrac” and “Vingt-trois secrets bien gardés” by Michel Tremblay.

Joual de vivre

Michel Tremblay’s delightful tales

Catherine Khordoc
An illustration by John Fraser for David Staines’s June 2026 review of “How to Move On,” by Joel Yanofksy.

Critical Loss

On the legacy of Joel Yanofsky

David Staines
An illustration by Karsten Petrat for Graham Fraser’s June 2026 review of “L’Enfant vieux,” by Stéphane Kelly.

Kid Gloves

They know where their children are

Graham Fraser
An illustration by Dave Murray for David Wilson’s June 2026 review of “Ringo: A Fab Life,” by Tom Doyle.

A Starr Was Born

He’ll never stop being Ringo

David Wilson
An illustration by Jori Bolton for Tara Henley’s June 2026 review of “A Love Affair with the Unknown,” by Gillian Deacon.

Call to Courage

A radio host picks up the pen

Tara Henley
An illustration by Natàlia Pàmies Lluís for Harriet Alida Lye’s June 2026 review of “Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability,” by Therese Estacion.

Leave Metaphors at the Door

Therese Estacion has her say

Harriet Alida Lye
An illustration by Silas Kaufman for Keith Garebian’s June 2026 review of “Edna Taçon,” by Renée van der Avoird.

First, Violin

Piecing together the life of Edna Taçon

Keith Garebian
An illustration by Matthew Daley for Stephen Smith’s June 2026 review of seven hockey biographies.

Top Shelf?

This season’s roster of hockey books

Stephen Smith
An illustration by Blair Kelly for Gary Ross’s June 2026 essay, “Those Early Morning Rounds.”

Those Early Morning Rounds

Papers, payments, and enduring lessons

Gary Ross

Autofiction

That’s one lean, mean reading machine

David Venn
An illustration by Diana Bolton for Ron Graham’s June 2026 essay on Leonard Cohen, “Setting the Record Slate.”

Setting the Record Slate

Leonard Cohen poetry with a twist

Ron Graham
An illustration by YQ Huang for Caroline Adderson’s June 2026 review of “The Good Eye,” by Jess Gibson.

The Plot Thickens

A debut collection by Jess Gibson

Caroline Adderson
An illustration by Sandi Falconer for Amanda Perry’s June 2026 review of “Pour un paquet de Player’s,” by Daniel Grenier and “La Maison du rang Lynch,” by Alexie Morin.

Criminal Intents

Daniel Grenier and Alexie Morin go genre

Amanda Perry

Loan Ranger

How Anakana Schofield stacks up

Marisa Grizenko
An illustration by Lou Kiss for Kevin Shaw’s June 2026 review of “Night Terminus,” by Ellis Scott.

The Departed

An affecting novel by Ellis Scott

Kevin Shaw
An illustration by Mateusz Napieralski for Randy Boyagoda’s June 2026 review of “Nobody’s Son,” by Yann Martel.

Greek Revival

Discovering Yann Martel’s unsung hero

Randy Boyagoda

So This Is It

Facing my fear of Stephen King

Bronwen Jervis

From the archives

Down to Crown

What did the viceregal ever do for us?

Adam Dodek

Positively Shady

The glamorous activism of M.A.C Cosmetics

Elspeth H. Brown

Minor Hockey as Big Business

The disturbing shift from kids’ game to pricey investment

Sheema Khan