Local Arts

Film doesn't take sides in Northern Ireland conflict

Clapton by Chris Welch (Voyageur Press, 256 pages) $21.99 For more than 40 years, Eric Clapton has been a guiding force in rock music. His influence has extended through to successive generations of guitar players who yearned to achieve his mastery.

Repertoire includes ballads, jigs and reels

Portuguese duo mix things up with a distinct Lisbon flavour

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi, Hamish Hamilton Publishers, 308 pages, $22. Family secrets twist below the surface like a hidden undertow that is waiting to drag its victims to a dark, hidden place.

n High Notes: A Rock Memoir Working with Rock Legends Jefferson Airplane Through The Doors to the Grateful Dead by Richard Loren. East Pond Publishing.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Directed by John Madden. Starring Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Judi Dench and Bill Nighy.

Great Big Sea frontman on tour with new solo project

Two-day event features 400 artists at 78 locations

Gordon Smith: Don't Look Back (Black Dog Publishing, 240 pages) $39.95 The North Shore forests hide many treasures. You would have to know where to look to find many of them, like Lynn Canyon or Lighthouse Park.