Why Are So Many Authors Abandoning Speech Marks?
Sally Rooney, Ian Williams, and Lauren Groff are just a few of the contemporary authors avoiding quotation marks for dialogue
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The Two Moments That Changed Alicia Elliott’s Life
The author talks about her new novel, And Then She Fell, and the experiences she shares with her protagonist
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20 Years of The Walrus: Profiles
Insights into leaders, celebrities, athletes, and other prominent Canadians
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20 Years of The Walrus: Literary Criticism
Articles that tackle everything from the great Canadian novel to the limits of the fantasy genre
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What Naomi Klein Learned about Herself from Naomi Wolf
A Q&A on doppelgangers, celebrity, and searching for answers
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Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It?
It’s not entirely clear who it’s for and what its function should be in a rapidly changing literary ecosystem
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Where Is the Canadian Fiction about Afghanistan?
Canadians are far from squeamish in our literary tastes, but novels about the country where we were once at war are rare
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Une conversation avec Annie Ernaux
La célèbre auteure française et lauréate du prix Nobel nous parle de l’importance de la correspondance qu’elle reçoit de ses lecteurs et ses lectrices
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The renowned French author and Nobel Prize winner on the value of readers’ letters
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