Ten Canadian Authors on the Best Books of 2019
We asked some of our leading contemporary writers to pick their favourite reads of the year
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What If MFA Programs Turn Good Writers Into Bad Ones?
In Mona Awad’s new book, Bunny, one university campus is rife with murder, magic, and terrible authors
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Multiculturalism Is Not the Real Story of Canada
Two new novels explore what it means to be Black in a country that prides itself on tolerance
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What Is Hell? It Depends Who You Ask
Beliefs around damnation have always been in flux. Now the concept may be disappearing for good
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The Black Train Porters Who Led the Fight Against Canada’s Racist Immigration System
In the early 1900s, Canada only allowed 100 Black immigrants to enter the country each year. How did we evolve from bigoted policies to a more multicultural nation within a few decades?
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The Untapped Promise of LSD
Psychedelics are a potential cure for everything from depression to addiction. Why did we ban these drugs in the first place?
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Ten Canadian Authors on the Best Books of 2018
We asked CanLit’s most buzzed about authors to pick their favourite reads this year
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Being a Parent Turned Me Into a Book Censor
Do the benefits of reading children’s classics outweigh their outdated thinking on social issues?
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