Randy Boyagoda’s New Novel Is Both Deeply Catholic and Deeply Funny
In his third book, the author skewers the multicultural anxieties of today’s university culture
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The Search for the Great Canadian Novel
Our national life is exciting, dramatic, and unpredictable. Why don’t more Canadian novelists write about it?
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When Is It Women’s Time to Speak?
In Miriam Toews’s new novel, women in an isolated Mennonite colony debate how to move forward in the aftermath of sexual assault
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The Cat Who Ate Like A Lion
Lessons of love and acceptance from the furriest member of the family
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Esi Edugyan Reimagines the Slave Narrative
In Washington Black, a black prodigy is trapped inside his historical era
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What Makes Poetry Worth Reading?
A new wave of Canadian poets are giving us poems as complex and varied as the country itself
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Why We Need to Stop Calling Women Crazy
In her memoir Heart Berries, Terese Marie Mailhot reveals the often messy truth about female trauma
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Billy-Ray Belcourt’s Radical Poetry
The twenty-three-year-old Cree poet believes in the political power of clear writing
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Don’t Be Such a Snob about Popular Fiction
Kelley Armstrong is a bestselling Canadian author. So why don’t her books get any CanLit respect?
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