The author of ‘Cloud Atlas’ and ‘The Bone Clocks’ credits the autistic Higashida with helping him understand his own boy
Tag Archives: David Mitchell
Slade House: Another brick in David Mitchell’s wall
Mitchell is a detail obsessive, the mark of a storyteller
David Mitchell’s new time-travelling opus is a marvel
The Bone Clocks shouldn’t work. Mike Doherty explains why it does
Idea alert
David Mitchell suggests Parliament should become a travelling road show once Centre Block is closed for renovations.
Where have all the novels gone?
2009 was a bumper crop for fall fiction. This year, the big names are in short supply.
Somebody do something
Preston Manning appeals to a general need for renewal in Ottawa.
Memories of PMOs past: Liveblogging the expert superpanel at the Oliphant Inquiry
After reluctantly being forced to miss out on most of the policy review — thanks, Parliament, for picking last week to go into meltdown mode — ITQ is making one last pilgrimage to Old City Hall to bear witness to the grand finale of the Olphant Show, which could prove to be a wonktastic sendoff for our favourite Manitobans, featuring, as it does, the much-anticipated superduper-extra-awesome all-day expert panel, which includes a trio of formidable formers: Mel Cappe, onetime Clerk of the Privy Council, Chretien-era appointments czarina Penny Collenette and the still-Right-Honourable Joe Clark, as well as Public Policy Forum president David Mitchell.
In defence of patronage: Liveblogging the O’Brien Trial
Seriously, y’all, this is going to be fun, so check back at 10am for all the legal wrangling — and, depending on what the judge decides, what could be a fascinating morning of political philosophizing.
Unfamiliarity breeds contempt
The Public Policy Forum releases its latest survey of Parliament.