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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How Do You Write about Joy in a State of Emergency?
Over an eight-month period, more than 100 people at Attawapiskat tried to end their lives. This is the legacy of colonial violence
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How to Break Every Rule of Contemporary Writing and Succeed
Jean Marc Ah-Sen’s new book cracks open the tired tradition of the postmodern novel
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The Challenge of Addressing Slavery in Children’s Stories
Where history has ignored the lives of Black Canadians, writers like Christopher Paul Curtis have turned painful realities into powerful narratives
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When Male Writers Confront Toxic Masculinity
It’s easier than ever for men to speak the language of feminism. It’s harder to act like they mean it
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Climate Fiction’s Unhelpful Obsession with the End of the World
We already have plenty of stories about the apocalypse. Now, we need ones that imagine new futures
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