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Mordecai Richler won multiple awards for adult and children's fiction, and wrote Oscar-nominated screenplays. His influence was larger than life in Canada and abroad. Foran describes Mordecai's life as young bohemian, irreverent writer, passionate and controversial Canadian, loyal friend, romantic lover, and devoted husband and father.

Read online: Mordecai, the life and times by C. Foran

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Join us in reading "The girl with the dragon tattoo" by Stieg Larsson.

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Erasing memory by S. Thornley

Globe and Mail best fiction of 2011

Globe and Mail best non-fiction of 2011

High on the hog by J. Harris

Irma Voth by M. Toews

Maurice Richard by C. Foran

Mordecai, the life and times by C. Foran

Stanley Barracks by A. Sendzikas

The love queen of Malabar by M. Weisbord

The matchmaker of Kenmare by F. Delaney

The meagre tarmac by C. Blaise

The midwife of venice by R. Rich

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