Fluevog: 50 Years of Unique Soles for Unique Souls

 Fluevog: 50 Years of Unique Soles for Unique Souls By: John Fluevog 166 pages • ISBN 978-1928055532 Everyone loves to shop for shoes, but how much do you really know about them?  In this full-colour, visually rich coffee table book, cult Canadian footwear designer John Fluevog gives fans and fashionistas

Including the family in children’s literacy education

 By Erin Schryer and Nicole Letourneau In Canada, two out of five adults – that’s nearly nine million people – cannot read well enough to perform everyday tasks. Reading difficulties start early. It is very well established that children who are not reading well by the end of grade one

Get reading with Ottawa’s best indie book stores!

 I love reading! If I am stressed, bored, nostalgic, happy, cold or warm, I just read a book. In this journey of learning and entering into a new language and a new culture, reading has been my best exercise. Since I arrived in Ottawa, one of the most important things

Book Review: The Gospel Truth

 In the opening chapter of Caroline Pignat’s latest Governor General’s Award Winner, The Gospel Truth, 16 year-old Phoebe steals a half-dead yellow bird from the jaws of her plantation’s predatory cat, Rufus. Phoebe locks the bird up, and although she feels bad for containing a creature that was meant to

Poetry in the Capital

 Poetry has a long history, and while it’s unclear when it started exactly, the oldest surviving poem was said to have been written in 2500 B.C.E. To this day, in every country and at every age, poetry continues to be written, read and listened to for the purpose of sharing

A Northern Feast

 Now that the weather is cooling down, it is time for our kitchens to heat up! Is it possible to create a delicious meal using ingredients found in our own backyard? The Boreal Gourmet’s Michele Genest knows it is. Follow Genest as she brings you The Boreal Feast — a

An Eye for a Picture

 Even if you have a good eye for images and detail you can still make some basic mistakes once you try to put things down on paper. If you are learning to draw or paint and teaching yourself, perhaps with the aid of the Internet you may find it difficult

Summer Reading

 Be sure to add Ottawa Stories: Trials and Triumphs in Bytown History, by Clifford Scott to your summer reading list. A collection of historical vignettes will take you on a journey through Ottawa as it once was to where it stands now. Read about the devastation of fires and diseases

Digital Detox at Wanderlust

 Photo courtesy of Ali Kaukas The upcoming Wanderlust Festival at Mont-Tremblant is the ultimate digital detox. With all of the different activities, yoga classes and spa excursions occupying your time, you’ll (almost) forget about the emails, texts and notifications blowing up your phone. Photo courtesy of Abbey Ley Wanderlust is