Yellow shadows: How Robert W. Chambers’s “The Repairer of Reputations” influenced Lovecraft and Langan
"The Repairer of Reputations" does cleave to Lovecraft's understanding of fear as "the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind."
TWUC joins as founding signatory to a global charter calling for ethical use of AI
Much of the impetus for creating the charter arose out of governments around the world being reluctant to enact any kind of meaningful regulation regarding the new technology.
Sally Rooney’s publisher withdraws her books from U.K. sale over the author’s support of Palestinian activist group
In 2025, Rooney, who is a resident of the Republic of Ireland, cancelled all upcoming appearances in the U.K.
Women fight back: Two recent horror novels shine a feminist lens on genre material
Mallory Arnold's Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die and Sarah Langan's Trad Wife share certain structural and narrative elements in common.
Eighteen poets gather at the Quebec-Vermont border on Thanksgiving weekend for literary festival of community
"We want to reassert something truer – the long-standing spirit of trust between our peoples going back almost 200 years."
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.