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BooksellingThe Colophon

Ken Whyte has some thoughts on this week’s Indigo news. Spoiler: it’s not good

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023

Now would seem like a good time to visit your local independent bookseller and buy a book.

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BooksellingThe Colophon

Indigo founder, Heather Reisman, to retire; four board members exit in latest upheaval for company

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023

Indigo was under serious pressure even before yesterday's surprise announcement.

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CanLitPoetryThe Colophon

The way a child hides: hope, humility, and forgiveness underpin the new collection of poetry from Kate Cayley

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023

As a poet, Cayley is particularly good at juxtaposition often manifested as subtle or not-so-subtle shifts in tone and tenor.

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CriticismInternational LiteratureThe Colophon

Grim reading: Will Self surveys the literary landscape and collapses in a slough of despond

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

Self's surpassing hauteur and in-your-face grandiosity have a propulsive charm in themselves

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 31: “Nine Lives” by Ursula K. Le Guin

May 31, 2023June 3, 2023

Le Guin had her pulse on the present and was able to anticipate where the human species was likely headed given its current trajectory.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 30: “Ancestral Links” by Yvonne Vera

May 30, 2023June 2, 2023

The narrative highlights the danger ordinary citizens faced while attempting even routine business during wartime.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 29: “Clytie” by Eudora Welty

May 29, 2023June 1, 2023

If Welty begins her tale as a moody Gothic throwback, by the conclusion she has injected a large dollop of ridiculousness.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 28: “The Last Kiss” by Maurice Level; Alys Eyre Macklin, trans.

May 28, 2023May 31, 2023

Level was closely associated with Paris's notorious Théâtre du Grand-Guignol.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 27: “To Look Out the Window” by Orhan Pamuk; Maureen Freely, trans.

May 27, 2023May 31, 2023

Throughout the story, lies and deception are common factors uniting the various characters.

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Brief EncountersCanLitShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 26: “Perfect Places” by Casey Plett

May 26, 2023May 29, 2023

Plett is not content to let her story act as a didactic tale about cis intolerance.

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