November-December 2005 issue

Cover Story: “Text, Lies and Celluloid:” Liev Schreiber, Atom Egoyan, Clement Virgo, Tamara Faith Berger and Michael Turner discuss the pulp-to-picture process. By Jason Anderson. “The Real Deal:” Big-screen docs may be all the rage, but the rise of the real has a dangerous side. By Katerina Cizek. “The Real Hollywood North:” The English/French divide in terms of audience, authorship, attitude—and l’argent. By Richard Poplak. “To Ogre, With Love:” More than fan letters: one girl’s diary survives America’s rustbelt and becomes art. By Brian Joseph Davis. Plus: The winners of the 2005 Great Canadian Literary Hunt.