Toronto Book and Magazine Festival – The word on the street!

The Word On The Street, Canada’s largest free outdoor book and magazine festival, is pleased to…

TOtimes Books: The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish – When he was about to present Tiffany Haddish with the Comedy Person of…

Caddyshack by Chris Nashawaty – Book review

Caddyshack – Comedy fans and golf enthusiasts alike will always have Harold Ramis’ way out 1980…

Chasing Hillary by Amy Choznick – Book review

Chasing Hillary by Amy Choznick – The story behind how and why Hillary Clinton lost the…

The Girl on the Velvet Swing by Simon Baatz – Book Review

The Girl on the Velvet Swing – During the Gilded Age in America, circa the late…

Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff – Book review

Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff – On the back of the dust jacket of Michael…

TOtimes Books: THE IMPROV by Budd Friedman

The Improv by Budd Friedman – Exactly 55 years ago, Budd Friedman, a former advertising executive…

Toronto hockey dad, Karl Subban ‘How We Did It’- Book review

Karl Subban – How We Did It by Karl Subban – Karl Subban certainly knows how…

TOtimes Books: 100 – A Century of NHL Memories

100: A Century of NHL Memories – This season marks the 100th anniversary of the founding…

Ken Dryden – Game Change / What have we learned?

Ken Dryden – Game Change – Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender who was part…

Fifty Years of 60 Minutes by Jeff Fager

Fifty Years of 60 Minutes – At 10 p.m., on the evening of Tuesday, September 24,…

Writing a Modern Whodunit in an Old Style – The Tidal Road Mystery

The Tidal Road Mystery – In the modern world of social and technological change, it often…

In the Name of Humanity by Max Wallace

In the Name of Humanity – About 20 years ago, when Montreal-born investigative journalist Max Wallace…

Toronto Billy Bishop Airport – Living Up To A Legend by Diana Bishop

Living Up To A Legend – It’s not always easy to live under the shadow of…

Great Conversations by Peter Anthony Holder

Peter Anthony Holder – I have known veteran Montreal broadcaster Peter Anthony Holder for over 30…

Playboy Laughs by Patty Farmer

Playboy Laughs by Patty Farmer  – Towards the end of her book Playboy Laughs, Patty Farmer…

Al Franken – Giant of the Senate review

When I first heard of the title of Al Franken’s humourous political memoir “Giant of the…

Nevertheless by Alec Baldwin

Nevertheless by Alec Baldwin – You may know actor Alec Baldwin as CIA agent Jack Ryan,…

TOtimes Books: Steve McQueen – Le Mans in the Rearview Mirror

Steve McQueen – In the world of sports movies, there are at best a mere handful…

Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s by Ray Kroc

Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s – The story is part of American business lore.…

TOtimes Books: Beatles ‘66 the revolutionary year by Steve Turner

Everyone in their lifetime have their defining moments, that certain event or happening that forever changed…

TOtimes Books: Settle for More by Megyn Kelly

On August 6, 2015, the day of the fateful Republican presidential candidates’ debate in Cleveland in…

TOtimes Books: Top 8 books to read from 2016

Since 2008, the first Book Banter column of the new year always meant taking one last…

TOtimes Books: The Whistler by John Grisham

If you need a good read during the Christmas holidays, you can’t beat John Grisham’s latest…

TOtimes Books: TIPPI – A Memoir by Tippi Hedren

After reading actress Tippi Hedren’s recently-released memoir, you can’t help but get the impression that her…