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Books

Last Publisher Left Standing: Why Books Are Facing a Bleak Future

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 - by Alex Good

Winner-take-all mergers spell bad news for authors and readers alike

The cover of "Working in the Bathtub," which depicts the writer, Dany Laferrière, lying in a bathtub fully clothed.

Arts & Culture / Books

Stop Calling Racialized Writers “Raw”

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 - by Adnan Khan

There’s a burden on writers of colour to tell stories of trauma. Authors like Dany Laferrière refuse to play along

A photograph of the exterior of a bookstore at nighttime. Inside, the store is lit and the shelves are full.

Business / COVID-19

How COVID-19 Infected the Publishing Industry

July 14, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Stephen Henighan

The pandemic has pushed booksellers and publishers to the brink

Illustration of four people sitting in a row and reading books. The three white readers stare into their books. The brown reader looks up away from the book. Behind them is a shelf full of other books.

Arts & Culture / July/August 2020

How Not to Write a Book about a Minority Experience

June 4, 2020August 10, 2020 - by Tajja Isen

Publishers increasingly lean on outside experts to vet books for cultural insensitivity. Is it working?

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Media

The Upside of the Globe’s Controversial Redesign

December 20, 2017April 2, 2020 - by John Lorinc

What the response to the newspaper’s new look reveals about the way we read

Books

How Canada Sold out Its Publishing Industry

June 8, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Elaine Dewar

The sale of a beloved Canadian publisher to a foreign entity—in the face of laws prohibiting such transactions—may be one of the country’s worst cultural crimes

Business / November 2009

Turning the Page

November 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Noah Richler

Our fragile publishing industry is struggling to adjust to a new world in which the printed word may be an afterthought