The Game Awards Don’t Know What They Want to Be

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December 17, 2025

The "biggest night in gaming" continues to be a three-hour commercial for a shell of an industry.

Give A Sheet Press Revived at Take Cover Books

Cirilla Bowman

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December 16, 2025

Give A Sheet Press' first offerings in 30 years feature poetry and short stories from local authors and artists.

Love It Or Hate It, It's "One Battle After Another"

Cirilla Bowman

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December 4, 2025

"One Battle After Another" is a three-hour masterpiece of shit I love to hate.

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Instagram Poetry: Why have substance when you have aesthetic?

Ciara Richardson

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December 4, 2024

If you frequent certain spaces on social media, you're likely to have seen some form of poetry. Ciara Richardson, however, takes ombrage with a specific type of poetry she calls "Instagram Poetry" - short, highly aestheticized, and largely bereft of substance.

Lilith 2024 Poetry Collection

Lindsay Blake

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Allison Bunt

November 26, 2024

All of the poems submitted as part of Lilith 2024, Arthur's feminist insert.

The Best Canadian Poetry 2025: Fragments of the Human Soul

Ciara Richardson

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November 13, 2024

Arthur journalist and literary fanatic, Ciara Richardson, reviews The Best Canadian Poetry 2025.

Remembering Drew Struzan

Allen Barnier

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December 4, 2025

A tribute to the life and artwork of Star Wars and Indiana Jones poster artist, Drew Struzan.

"Wicked: For Good" is a Bittersweet Goodbye Between Two Friends

Wesley Braid

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December 3, 2025

Wicked: For Good carries a lot of heart and lessons about friendship.

"CAMP" Comes to the Art Gallery of Peterborough

Nevan Hinks

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November 14, 2025

Couzyn van Heuvlen's massive sculptural exhibition is a prominent display of Inuit celebration and resilience on display at the AGP until January 4th, 2026.

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein Should Live on the Big Screen

Wesley Braid

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November 14, 2025

Wesley Braid reviews Guillermo Del Toro's 2025 film Frankenstein.

Lanthimos Doesn't Pull Punches in "Bugonia"

Jonny Milton

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November 11, 2025

Yorgos Lanthimos’ absurdist black comedy thriller opens to mixed audience reactions.

"who will save the night sky?": Philip Geller Brings Existential Indigenous Theatre to Trent

Cirilla Bowman

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November 10, 2025

"It all started with one night I was sort of contemplating things in an existential moment, going, who am I? What's happening? And I looked up at the night sky."

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From Page to Screen: The Take Cover Brothers Talk New Film Club and Being Peterborough’s Aspiring Third Space

Evan Robins

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June 11, 2024

Arthur's resident film fanatic, Evan Robins, speaks to Take Cover Books' Sean and Andrew Fitzpatrick about the store's new (and FREE!) Film Club, and their aspirations to make the space more than just a bookstore.

Poetry Show and Tell Series Presents Beautiful Outlaw Press at Take Cover Books

Abbigale Kernya

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May 28, 2024

On the evening of May 24th, Justin Million from Bird, Buried Press presented three authors from Beautiful Outlaw Publishing House at a Show and Tell Poetry Series hosted at Take Cover Books. With regrets from author Phil Hall, authors Chris Turnbull, Mark Goldstein, and Jaclyn Piudik read from their new books—all published through Beautiful Outlaw—in an evening that saw the small room in Take Cover come together in laughter and community.

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