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.