Eighteen poets gather at the Quebec-Vermont border on Thanksgiving weekend for literary festival of community
“I’ve always thought Robert Frost’s poem ‘Mending Wall’ captures the rural rhythms of life in the Eastern Townships just as...
Poet Anne Carson becomes the second Canadian this century to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
"Anne Carson has raised the profile of poetry to its rightful place: to the pinnacle of literature."
Ania Ahlborn’s hillbilly horror novel Brother is a bleakly aversive treat
Ahlborn's novel became a viral sensation after being taken up by genre influencers on TikTok.
Patmeena Sabit, Michelle Good, and Tara Gereaux are among five novelists on an underwhelming Giller Prize shortlist
This year's Giller shortlist smacks of compromise.
As another Canadian author gets caught up in an AI controversy, questions remain about how to deal with the technology
This is not the first time an award-nominated author has faced accusations of using AI to create written work.
Sanitizing atrocity: In a new book, historian Assal Rad examines the Western media’s manipulation of language in Gaza coverage
Rad focuses on headlines because she notes that this is often all a person will read.
Is the age of reading over? Some thoughts on a perennial brouhaha
While a solid argument can be made that the novel has lost its cultural centrality in the 21st century, that does not mean no one is reading anymore.
Leaving home: Joan Barfoot’s first novel, newly back in print, follows a woman who abandons her family to live on her own in a remote cabin
British publisher Faber has done a valuable service by bringing this unique and provocative novel back into print under a new title.
Locks and tresses: Judy Wearing’s engaging new book examines the biological quality that makes us quintessentially mammalian
Wearing's chapter on pubic hair is among the most intriguing.
Josh Silver’s debut novel for adults does double duty as a dark thriller and a satire of the modern publishing industry
This is a book readers should approach with caution.