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The cover of "Working in the Bathtub," which depicts the writer, Dany Laferrière, lying in a bathtub fully clothed.
Arts & Culture / Books

Stop Calling Racialized Writers “Raw”

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 - by Adnan Khan

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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Arts & Culture / Books / January/February 2021

Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2020

December 7, 2020January 8, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

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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Announcement

FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Stéphane Larue

June 12, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Larue is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel The Dishwasher

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Announcement

FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Andrew David MacDonald

June 10, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

MacDonald is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel When We Were Vikings

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Illustration of four people sitting in a row and reading books. The three white readers stare into their books. The brown reader looks up away from the book. Behind them is a shelf full of other books.
Arts & Culture / July/August 2020

How Not to Write a Book about a Minority Experience

June 4, 2020August 10, 2020 - by Tajja Isen

Publishers increasingly lean on outside experts to vet books for cultural insensitivity. Is it working?

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Arts & Culture

The Best Books of the Decade

December 23, 2019December 24, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

The Walrus asked contributors and staff to pick their favourite titles of the past ten years

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Covers from the best books of 2019.
Books

Ten Canadian Authors on the Best Books of 2019

December 5, 2019December 8, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

We asked some of our leading contemporary writers to pick their favourite reads of the year

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Arts & Culture / Books / May 2019

Multiculturalism Is Not the Real Story of Canada

April 17, 2019May 7, 2020 - by Tajja Isen

Two new novels explore what it means to be Black in a country that prides itself on tolerance

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Books

Don’t Be Such a Snob About Popular Fiction

May 24, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Mica Lemiski

Kelley Armstrong is a bestselling Canadian author. So why don’t her books get any CanLit respect?

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Memoir

Madeleine L’Engle Taught Me the Universe Has Meaning

March 28, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Tara Henley

The Wrinkle in Time author shaped my ideas on nearly everything, from family to illness

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