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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Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing
Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits
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What We Lose When Literary Criticism Ends
With mainstream media uninterested in books coverage that doesn’t get clicks, writers and readers are being left out in the cold
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Adding Colour to the Romance Genre
When historical romance novels focus solely on white leads, it sends a message about whom the industry thinks is deserving of love
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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 Your Community’s Hard Truths?
In her new novel, Farzana Doctor defies a long-standing culture of silence around female genital cutting
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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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