Ian McGillis

1 month ago | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Ian McGillis

In the 1980s, the town of Dunedin, on New Zealand’s South Island, unexpectedly became the nexus of a scene that embodied the platonic ideal of indie rock. This movement, championed by the maverick Flying Nun Records,garnered a small but devoted worldwide following. It was a rare case of an artistic community whose isolation was its strength: a delicate sensibility developed at its own pace, unencumbered by the boorish outside pressures of conventional commercialism.

Oct 10, 2024 | healthenews.mcgill.ca | Ian McGillis |Asma Ahmed

Reclaiming a Montreal painter (and ancestor) from historical neglect. This is the goal that Dr. Ross de Belle (BSc’63, MDCM’67) has embraced in becoming a first-time author at 86. Read more.

Jul 4, 2024 | mtlreviewofbooks.ca | Ian McGillis

Walter Scott has grown quite attached to Wendy. You can hear it in the way the cartoonist talks about the artist heroine of his critically acclaimed, cultishly popular series of semi-autobiographical graphic novels, of which the new The Wendy Award is the fourth. “She definitely affects my life,” says Scott, talking in his well-lit, cheery Plateau apartment. “Has she taken on a life of her own?

Nov 21, 2023 | mcgillnews.mcgill.ca | Ian McGillis

by Ian McGillisHistorical fiction didn’t always have a great reputation. As Alexander Manshel notes in his new book Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon, “the genre that Henry James famously ‘condemned’ for its ‘fatal cheapness’ was for decades associated ...

Nov 19, 2023 | montrealgazette.com | Ian McGillis

Saturday's show was "our last concert in Montreal,” Paul Stanley told a sold-out Bell Centre. We'll see about that. Author of the article:  •  Special to Montreal Gazette  •  Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. Article content“This is our 14th concert in Montreal,” Kiss co-leader Paul Stanley announced to a sold-out, three-generation house at the Bell Centre on Saturday night.