M. John Harrison becomes the oldest pure SF writer to win the Booker Prize for The End of Everything
"Though very unsettling, The End of Everything is not in fact a strange book. It's a realist book about a strange world."
ACP, TWUC praise new cultural inputs in 2026 budget, but questions remain
"These commitments recognize the essential role Canadian publishers play in our cultural and economic lives."
To AI or not to AI: Prix Goncourt winner admits using tech in writing his novel, weeks after another author was disqualified
Jaenada claimed to have used AI in three instances in the book.
Viet Thanh Nguyen, David Bergen, and Téa Mutonji among authors pledging to boycott Indigo over CEO’s charitable organization
This is not the first time pro-Palestinian figures from the literary community have targeted Reisman and Indigo.
In her debut graphic novel, Danila Botha uses vibrant colour and expressionistic flourishes to tell the story of a Jewish artist and Holocaust survivor
"It's important to be conscious of treating people with humanity all the time."
Author, author: Laurie Petrou’s literary thriller The Rayburn Affair takes on themes of authorship, fame, and AI
Relatability and its close relative, likeability, are concepts Petrou is enamoured with calling into question.
Piercing the veil: Ellen Datlow’s new anthology of Halloween stories provides spooky and more melancholy fare
The multifaceted nature of the entries in All Hallows' Eve is part of the point.
In sheep’s clothing: A new anthology examines the monsters around us and the ways we often fail to recognize them
One of the key sources of monstrosity across numerous entries in the collection is capitalism.
Roll another number: Muddled litRPG novel can’t overcome inborn structural defects
The most noteworthy aspect of the novel is its style.
“We are going to hell”: Argentine writer Diego Muzzio’s novel The Eye of Goliath is a Gothic-tinged excursion into madness
Successive characters in The Eye of Goliath are presented as psychically bifurcated.