Kanye threatened the Jews yesterday on twitter and it’s not even trending. Why do mostly only Jews speak up against Jewish hate? The silence is so loud

We only rate dogs. This is clearly an angel that came down from heaven and got their wings blow-dried. While he is the most well-conditioned angel we have ever seen, please only send dogs. Thank you... 13/10

HarperCollins employees went on strike, demanding a fair contract in an industry notorious for underpaying and overworking its staff. Sophie Vershbow reports nym.ag/3g5Gaok

Writers who overuse semicolons in their younger days become writers who overuse em dashes later. It’s me—I’m writers.

Read these names. Remember them. And in memory of these 14 women, let’s keep working to end gender-based violence for good – because it has no place in any of our communities. bit.ly/3VYluhh

This time of year, there are many ways to give, & to highlight a charity that's close to our hearts—the gift of books & reading—our new blog post features some Cdn literacy groups accepting donations & organizations collecting used books. Happy holidays! behindthebook.ca/blog/2022/12/1…

The Dogs of 2022

Pic du jour: My wife Mary's gorgeous GIGOT painting – an NDG house in early winter evening – that will appear on the #MontrealGazette editorial page this Saturday (tomorrow).

This is Hugo. You said that a cup of coffee was the most important part of your day, and he took that personally. 13/10

This is Walter. He can't believe you want him to stop chewing on this cardboard box. You literally threw it away. 12/10

Happy to be in the fine company of Renee Sarojini Saklikar and John Burns of ECHO in this video for SFUContinuingStudies. Interested in becoming an editor? See below to find out more about our wonderful profession!

"The Canadians might be minor league, but they possess what one fan told me was 'a hold on Vancouver’s heart' — a sentiment I heard repeatedly during my visit," the columnist Kurt Streeter writes. nyti.ms/3oiUMnS

The ability to speak two languages may improve memory in later life, a new study found. The study, which involved hundreds of older patients, adds to two decades of work suggesting that bilingualism protects against dementia and cognitive decline. nyti.ms/40ODQmR

“We are doing everything in our power to ensure that a McGill degree and the Montreal experience is within reach of students from across Canada”

The Dogs of 2023

An ode to independent Canadian bookstores. 📚 Forget Amazon. Go wander the aisles and browse the offerings at your favourite independent bookstore, by ⁦Marsha Lederman⁩ via ⁦Globe Books⁩ theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Alice Munro is the writer of our era most likely to be read in a hundred years, Mona Simpson argued in 2001. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Munro’s Books offers our unconditional support to Andrea Robin Skinner. Our statement and a statement from the Munro family are attached and can be found on our website.

We learn more from reading on paper than on screens. 54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative. The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.