Semareh Al-Hillal out at Anansi, new Board of Directors includes Kenneth Whyte and Martha Sharpe
An email dated October 8, 2025 and sent on behalf of Anansi publisher Karen Brochu outlines the changes.
Mona Awad and Souvankham Thammavongsa appear on a Giller shortlist comprising 100% multinational titles
If Thammavongsa were to win the prize, she would be the first author since Esi Edudgyan to win with back-to-back books.
Gas, food, mayhem: Nat Cassidy unleashes a tight, brutal reading experience in his novella Rest Stop
Those who prefer their horror straight up, with no chaser, should definitely check this one out.
Storming the castle: Christine Estima’s novel rescues the figure of Milena Jesenská, inamorata of Franz Kafka, from the mist of history
Estima fills in the gaps in a richly imagined work of historical fiction.
Severed arms and spontaneous combustion: Eighteen horror writers address what draws them to the genre
Some authors take the remit quite literally, while others approach the task more elliptically.
The debut full-length collection from Christina Shah contains ground-level poetry of the mundane, quotidian world
Shah eschews the elevated pretensions of mock epic or otherwise self-indulgent poetry.
History repeating: Linden MacIntyre talks about the difficulties in researching his latest book and its disturbing parallels with our current moment
What MacIntyre ultimately sees in Tudor's story is a cautionary tale about enablers of ruthless and anti-democratic authoritarian figures.
Survival skills: In his memoir A Precarious Enterprise, former D&M co-founder Scott McIntyre reflects on the roller coaster that is Canadian independent publishing
McIntyre's book should serve as an inspiring corrective to anyone who believes that Canadian publishing is a failing endeavour.
Canadian novelist David Szalay joins Kiran Desai and Andrew Miller on the shortlist for the 2025 Booker Prize
Also shortlisted this year is Kiran Desai for The Loneliness of Sunny and Sonia.
Russell Smith’s new novel examines what happens when a wellness writer hooks up with an incel
Like Nabokov, Smith tackles difficult and potentially divisive sexual material.