Judy I. Lin’s Recipe for YA Success: Fantasy and a Cup of Tea
A Magic Steeped in Poison swaps tired European tropes for Taiwanese folklore
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Kate Beaton’s Ducks Grapples with the Human Cost of the Oil Sands
The book showcases how disorienting and vast the industry can be—and the trauma it inflicts on its workers
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Books on TV: Is the Boom in Adaptations a Boon for Authors?
How a surge in TV production is shaking up the publishing industry
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Hotline Proves Happy Endings Are Still Worth Writing
Fiction about immigrants tends toward melancholy and tragedy. Dimitri Nasrallah’s new novel delivers something different
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Horror, Horror Everywhere: New Books Are Shaking the Genre to Its Core
Writers are taking spooky books to places they’ve never gone before
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A War on the Rich? A New Book Aims to Dispel Anger toward Affluence
We shouldn’t criticize the 1 percent, In Defence of Wealth insists—we should thank them
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Sometimes Baffling, Sometimes Sublime: Sheila Heti’s Pure Colour
The author sets out to process the loss of a father—and ends up reimagining the universe
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A Small Press Finds Success by Refusing to Ignore the World
How taking risks has helped a Quebec publisher stand out against the pervasive whiteness of the industry
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Bad Company: A New Novel Strips Away the Veneer of Progressive Rhetoric
Naben Ruthnum takes on diversity charades, token promotions, and the social justice facades of corporations
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Why the Sudden Interest in Black Authors Doesn’t Feel like a Victory
What does it mean to navigate the fact that it took a Black person’s death for some to finally decide my books were worth reading?
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