Category: Contributor Picks

In the mood for fiction about mental health, black history, or superheroes, but don’t know how to satisfy your craving? Every month, the Idiomanic crew gathers to recommend four oeuvres on any given subject, from education to the end of the world. If you would like to suggest a topic for a future article, please write us here.

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Contributor Picks: Ass-Kicking

In the eternal words of Red Foreman, “You are about to read a book that my foot wrote. It’s called On the Road to…

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Contributor Picks: Batman

Holy perfunctory hype article, Batman! With The Dark Knight Rises (2012) dominating this week’s box office, four of our contributors give their ultimate bat-recommendations….

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Contributor Picks: Black History

Race-themed recommendations can be tricky, even in the context of Black History Month. We at Idiomanic proud ourselves on our diverse writing staff, but…

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Contributor Picks: Blockbusters

With the summer blockbuster season now in full swing, our contributors look back at some of their all-time favourite Hollywood hits… At least that…

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Contributor Picks: Christmas

With the holiday season now in full swing, we thought we’d present you with a new feature as a means to thank you all…

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Contributor Picks: Comeback

In fiction, nothing ever truly goes away. As the nostalgic wheel reaches another thirty-year rotation, old classics are dusted off, franchises get rebooted, and…

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Contributor Picks: Comedy

Exactly forty-two years ago, US president Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, which requires the packaging of all tobacco products to…

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Contributor Picks: Death

They say death is hardest on the survivors, but one wonders how “they” could possibly know. At any rate, people often forget that Halloween,…

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Contributor Picks: Education

Behold the power of academia! We at Idiomanic firmly believe in the importance of a good education. As such, our contributors have selected four recommendations honouring

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Contributor Picks: End of the World

With 2012 underway and the world still intact (give or take a few dwindling economies), one might think the Mayans were wrong to stop…

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