J.r. McConvey

Oct 31, 2024 | cbc.ca | J.r. McConvey |Nicholas Pullen |Drew Taylor |Richard Van Camp

Spooky season is upon us, which means it's the perfect time to curl up with a chilling read. Check out this list of 13 horror and mystery books to get you into the Halloween spirit. William by Mason CoileWilliam is a novel by Mason Coile. (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, © Andrew Pyper 2023)William follows an engineer named Henry who creates an artificially intelligent consciousness in his house called William.

Jun 26, 2024 | everythingzoomer.com | J.r. McConvey

It’s a cliché that older folks like to lament how things have changed, but the last two decades have seen a transformation that makes other cultural milestones look minor by comparison. The Great Digitization, which encompasses home computers, the internet and the World Wide Web, social media, smartphones and now artificial intelligence, has changed the world entirely.

Aug 16, 2023 | westendphoenix.com | J.r. McConvey

“I want to hear the whole record. Every song.”Some might call Paul Chisholm an old-fashioned music fan. Like most of us, Chisholm, who is 57 and lives near King and Bathurst, uses the internet to check out new tunes. But often, YouTube is only a gateway to his main source. “I go onto the Toronto Public Library’s web page, where the music section has the list of all the music they have.

Apr 27, 2023 | brokenpencil.com | J.r. McConvey

The Second SubstanceAnne Lardeux (translated by Pablo Strauss), 180 pgs, Coach House Books, chbooks.com, $21.95 CDNIt takes a particular point of view to wrench the beauty of the sublime from industrial blight. Montreal, apparently, has the right conditions, as evidenced by Anne Lardeux’s novel, The Second Substance.