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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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Stéphane Larue
Larue is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel The Dishwasher
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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Andrew David MacDonald
MacDonald is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel When We Were Vikings
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How Not to Write a Book about a Minority Experience
Publishers increasingly lean on outside experts to vet books for cultural insensitivity. Is it working?
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The Best Books of the Decade
The Walrus asked contributors and staff to pick their favourite titles of the past ten years
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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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Don’t Be Such a Snob About Popular Fiction
Kelley Armstrong is a bestselling Canadian author. So why don’t her books get any CanLit respect?
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Madeleine L’Engle Taught Me the Universe Has Meaning
The Wrinkle in Time author shaped my ideas on nearly everything, from family to illness
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