From the archives

Who’s Afraid of Alice Munro?

A long-awaited biography gives the facts, but not the mystery, behind this writer’s genius

Magdalene Redekop

The New Campus Puritanism

Free speech, safe spaces, and the limits of tolerance

Ira Wells

Carol's Canon

A new collection explores Carol Shields's literary legacy

Marian Botsford Fraser

O Captain, My Captain

Under the shadows of Cook and Napoleon, Vancouver was a victim of bad timing.

Daniel Francis

Daniel Francis is a writer and historian who lives in North Vancouver. He is author of two dozen books, most recently Selling Canada: Three Propaganda Campaigns that Shaped the Nation (Stanton, Atkins & Dosil, 2011), and a columnist for Geist magazine.