Going viral: A group of isolated scientists encounters a strange “specimen” in Sarah Gailey’s Spread Me
What Gailey has produced owes less to Ridley Scott's Alien than to John Carpenter's 1982 movie The Thing.
Night riders: Keith Rosson’s latest is a vampire novel crossed with a bloody revenge thriller
The lexicon of organized crime is one way in which Rosson blurs the distinction between horror and crime genres in his book.
Wrath of God: CJ Leede imagines the end of the world via a plague and a sect of murderous Catholic crusaders
American Rapture is a blood-soaked, ultra-violent allegory about the hypocrisies and inhumanity of our current political moment.
Maria Reva and katherena vermette appear on GG English-language fiction shortlist
Karen Solie's Wellwater (House of Anansi Press) is nominated in the English-language poetry category
“A grand experiment”: Assembly Press and Brick Books merger is an attempt to streamline operations at both companies
Nash and Munce do not envision Brick as an imprint of Assembly; rather, they see the two presses working independently under a shared operational umbrella.
New Anansi board is a move toward “strategic” collaboration, says owner Scott Griffin
Griffin denies any conflict of interest between Anansi and Sutherland House.
“Fun in Hell”: Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
Krasznahorkai has been compared to other Eastern European writers such as Kafka and Thomas Bernhard.
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.