Readings

The Hazlitt Offensive: Krista Foss

Our new, trademark pending, Hazlitt questionnaire.

|| The BBC show Black Mirror depicts a freakishly possible near-future
The Novel and the Future of the Near Future

Writers hoping to transport readers only a short distance into the future are in danger of being outfutured by reality itself. So-called “design fiction” may present creators with a more viable alternative.

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A Rock-Solid Argument Against the Number Five

Alex Bellos, author of The Grapes of Math, was surprised at the detail with which people personify their favourite numbers. Obviously, four is the best.

|| A copy of Classic Illustrated
A Writer’s Life

It begins with an apology to Alice Munro and a blessing from the author in whose name he spoke last night. In the 2014 Margaret Laurence Lecture, Guy Vanderhaeghe describes the unlikely journey he took to become a writer.