While booksellers and publishers cut back in most categories, young adult lit sells better than ever. Why the notion that ‘Teens don’t read’ is just plain ignorant.

Canadian hip-hop has been riding mainstream airwaves more and more these past few years, with artists like Drake and K’Naan leading the pack. Why now? And is it more than just a passing ‘Up North Wave’?

Somerset West is now receiving some much-needed reconstruction. But a new public art project by Ottawa artists will help make its transformation a beautiful one.

Under dynamic owner Aria Leroux, boutique Gypsy & Co. is Ottawa’s newest and hottest vintage-fashion contender.  Here, a taste of this excellent vintage.

Why the sudden spate of ’60s retro, on TV screens and fashion runways? More than just our nostalgia for a decade of hope, say experts, the trend may predict big social changes around the corner.

What happens when nerds don fishnet stockings? An Ottawa burlesque group is exploring why “geek” is the new sexy — and they’re not the only ones.

Fuelled by ambition and lots of caffeine, about a quarter million would-be authors worldwide have taken up the annual challenge to hammer out a novel’s first draft in one month. Here, we gauge the value of this procrastinator’s hell.

Devoted Harry Potter fans are making their favourite sport, Quidditch, a reality—and a North American sensation. While their broomsticks can’t fly, their love for the boy hero more than bears them along.

Toronto fashion designer David Dixon has built an empire for himself in a home market far from Paris and New York. What’s the story behind the talented Mr. Dixon and his distinctly Canadian success?

Ottawa’s Vanier neighbourhood, although plagued historically by social problems and bad reputation, is now positioned for dramatic ascent, observers say.  Why some are calling it our ‘next Westboro’.

The fastest growing non-immigrant religion in North America is Wicca, derived partly from pre-Christian paganism.  Here, a look at a new faith’s drive for acceptance.

Move over, Vancouver.  The fastest-growing Canadian destination for ‘runaway’ U.S. movies is now Ottawa—yes, Ottawa—which saw $50 million in foreign film production in late 2010 alone.  Here a glimpse at the capital’s surprising new supporting role.

Once celebrated as ‘Ottawa’s Studio 54’, Barrymore’s Music Hall today relies on ’80s nostalgia to draw just modest crowds. How the lightning got out of the bottle.

With the music industry seemingly in collapse, artists have found a bold new way to sell—or at least promote—their albums online.

Vying with British Columbia to attract U.S. film-and-TV production, Ontario’s government recently upped the ante by offering cutthroat tax incentives.  The question is: Whose throat exactly is Ontario cutting?

Suddenly popular worldwide, neo-burlesque lets audiences laugh their way to a comfort zone about sex.