The Modesty and Mastery of Don Coles
He taught a generation of young writers that poems take work and patience
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Sheila Barry Was the Superhero of Canadian Children’s Literature
As publisher of Groundwood Books, she was the type of editor who would encourage you to jump—and then be your net
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Will a Posthumous Story Collection Help Canada Forgive Norman Levine?
After his unsparing portrait of the country in his 1950s travelogue, he was shunned by the literary elite
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Michael Redhill’s New Novel Leaves Readers Seeing Double
The Toronto author’s Giller-winning book is a philosophical thriller on identity
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The Wonderful World of Canadian Snacks
From ketchup chips to Wagon Wheels, a new book tells us why our junk food is the best
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The Wild Rise of CanLit
Nick Mount’s Arrival brings Canada’s 1960s literary stars to life—but overlooks the era’s diversity
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The Case for Reading Quebec’s Most Reclusive Author
Réjean Ducharme was brilliant, influential, and mostly invisible to English Canada
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What Makes Alias Grace so Good
As a TV writer, I learned strong protagonists drive action. But the latest adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s feminist classic subverts all of that
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How Claire Messud Learned to Talk Like a Teenage Girl
The author’s new novel gives readers a glimpse into the complicated lives of young women
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Audiobook Anxiety and What Constitutes ‘Real’ Reading
Romanticizing the printed word ignores all of the other benefits storytelling can offer
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