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literature

street and cafe in paris france
March 2015

Traces of Mavis

March 18, 2015April 10, 2020 - by David Macfarlane

How a great Canadian writer died penniless in Paris

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Illustration by Jeannie Phan
Books / March 2015

Choose Your Own Ending

February 23, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Michael LaPointe

Why there are so many books about death and dying

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Photograph of Raziel Reid by Tallulah Photography
Books

Smells Likes Teen Dispirit

January 28, 2015June 19, 2020 - by Raziel Reid

In which the author defends his Governor General’s Literary Award–winning book from Barbara Kay’s criticism

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A drawing of a lighthouse on top of some rocks, but the reflection in the water is of a few houses
Books / October 2014

Rock Modern

September 23, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Nick Mount

In Sweetland, Newfoundland writer Michael Crummey has created CanLit’s next great curmudgeon

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A cartoon of two people typing at their computers
Books / October 2014

Why Good People Write Bad Prose

September 15, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Gary Stephen Ross

Steven Pinker brings science to Strunk and White

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Illustration by Radek Drutis
Books / September 2014

Dead Ringer

August 27, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Angelo Muredda

In his debut novel, a filmmaker cannibalizes himself

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Two girls holding books in front of their faces
April 2014 / Books

Never-Never Land

March 18, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Emily Landau

Don’t blame millennials for new-adult fiction

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Books

Donald Winkler

December 5, 2013October 6, 2018 - by Julien Russell Brunet

An interview with the winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation

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Illustration by Alex Westgate
Books / November 2013

The First Giller

November 4, 2013July 1, 2016 - by Shyam Selvadurai

When CanLit got its glam

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Artwork by The Walrus
Books

What Are You Reading?

July 10, 2013October 6, 2018 - by The Walrus

A summer survey of Walrus writers, artists, and readers

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