The Year of Witch Lit: Weird Women Dominated New Stories of Suspicion and Rupture
Three novels about confusion, distrust, and fear mirror our pandemic moment
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The New Pamphleteers: Why One Publisher Is Betting on Short Books with Big Ideas
Biblioasis’s new series tries to incite debate and fill a hole in the publishing landscape
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The Shadow Land: Indigenous Memoirs and the Question of “Trauma Porn”
The term has emerged as an insidious charge. How should we approach painful stories?
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From the Arctic to Brazil: The Deep Roots of Islam in the Americas
A new book shows how Muslim communities make up a complex, vital part of Western society
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Is There Such a Thing as a Universal Human Experience? Author Marie-Claire Blais Says Yes
In her new novel, Songs for Angel, Blais proves that the twenty-first-century heir to modernism is a francophone octogenarian living in Florida
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Last Publisher Left Standing: Why Books Are Facing a Bleak Future
Winner-take-all mergers spell bad news for authors and readers alike
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How to Teach Kids about Impending Doom
Award-winning children’s book author Jon Klassen on trusting four-year-olds with difficult realities
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Stop Calling Racialized Writers “Raw”
There’s a burden on writers of colour to tell stories of trauma. Authors like Dany Laferrière refuse to play along
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Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2020
From a dystopia that vilifies sleep to a heartbreaking account of the end of a life, here are some of our leading contemporary writers’ favourite books of the year
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