About the Author
Daniel Goodwin
Born in Montreal, Daniel Goodwin has lived and worked across Canada as a journalist, teacher, and communications and government relations executive. His writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Calgary Herald, The Telegraph Journal, The Antigonish Review, and The Literary Review of Canada. He lives in Calgary with his wife and three children. Sons and Fathers is his first novel.
If you spent your Family Day long weekend (for those of you lucky enough to have an extra day off) marathoning the rest of your Netflix queue, you may now be left with some extra time on your hands. We have just the books to add to your to-do list.
As we acknowledged in our ALU <3 Moms post, we know that while not everyone is a parent, everyone has parents. Holidays like Father’s Day exist for us to take a step back and reflect on what it is that makes our dads great, whether they’re Sears catalogue-type dads with ... Read more
Set in the shadow of Ottawa’s Peace Tower, against the backdrop of national politics, journalism, and spin, Sons and Fathers by Daniel Goodwin (Linda Leith Publishing) is about how men relate to each other and how they use words to make sense of themselves and the world ... Read more
There is a good chance you're sick of seeing things about Valentine’s Day by this point and we’d have to agree. So instead we’re taking a cue from the amazing Leslie Knope and celebrating Galentine’s Day! We’ve rounded up a selection of books about some pretty fantastic ... Read more
Several scientific and some not-so-scientific studies have concluded that women read more fiction than men. When they read, men usually choose non-fiction. If pressed to explain their preference, men come up with a variety of reasons. But most commonly, men believe that non-fiction ... Read more
No rest for the literary, friends. This week, check out some poetry (or read your own) at the Hart House Review speakeasy in Toronto, laugh/sigh at Canadian politics with Terry Mosher in Quebec, and launch it up with Guernica Editions.
Are you hosting an event featuring an author ... Read more
To kick off our month-long series focusing on first books from some great Canadian writers-to-watch we've got a novel by Daniel Goodwin. Sons and Fathers, published by Montreal press Linda Leith Publishing, has been called "a wild, page-turning ride" by author Terry Fallis. ... Read more
Last week we celebrated new releases with our Fall Preview: five whole days with over 20 new titles recommended. While that's a lot of books and your TBR pile for fall may be filling up faster than your dinner plate at Thanksgiving, we aren't quite finished.
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