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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How One Translator Brought Quebec’s Greatest Authors to English Canada
For Sheila Fischman, translation represents the hope that our country’s fractured identity can be healed by understanding how others see the world
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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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New Plagiarism Accusations Against Bestselling Author Jill Bialosky
An exclusive look at allegations against the executive editor and vice-president of New York publishing firm W.W. Norton
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Robyn Sarah’s Exquisitely Untrendy Poetry
The Montreal poet’s timeless world of leaves, rain, snow, wind, sidewalks and shadows
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Eight Questions for This Year’s Winner of the Man Booker Prize
George Saunders discusses writing, Donald Trump, and ass-kickery
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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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