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Emirates Airline Festival: A Literary Oasis Amid the Dazzle of Dubai

By Ann Kirkland It has been a long and brutal winter in Toronto. So, when I was invited to the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in early March, I took…

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Now Entering River Heights

By Amanda Festa Half an hour later she turned into the beautiful country road which wound in and out along the Muskoka River – The Secret of the Old Clock…

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Man’s Last Chance: Impressions of Central America

By Klas Lundström Think about isolated zones, and you’ll end up in Latin America’s most gridlocked valleys: the Mosquito Coast, in the heart of Central America, and “Fireland”, or Tierra del…

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Chevrolets, Cigars & Men in Graham Greene’s Cuba

By Lisa Selvidge I arrive in Havana, Cuba, at the end of 2010 together with a guide book and several men: Our Man in Havana, The Old Man and the…

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Origins of Crime & Justice in James Patterson’s Washington DC

by David Silon While walking around our nation’s capital, I often wondered about its story. When I ask the average American what comes to mind when I mention the word…

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The Spell of the Yukon: Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush

by Ken Haigh When the steamer, “Portland”, docked in Seattle on July 17, 1897, people were just sitting down to their breakfasts, unaware that this day would be any different…

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