Storming the castle: Christine Estima’s novel rescues the figure of Milena Jesenská, inamorata of Franz Kafka, from the mist of history
Estima fills in the gaps in a richly imagined work of historical fiction.
Severed arms and spontaneous combustion: Eighteen horror writers address what draws them to the genre
Some authors take the remit quite literally, while others approach the task more elliptically.
The debut full-length collection from Christina Shah contains ground-level poetry of the mundane, quotidian world
Shah eschews the elevated pretensions of mock epic or otherwise self-indulgent poetry.
History repeating: Linden MacIntyre talks about the difficulties in researching his latest book and its disturbing parallels with our current moment
What MacIntyre ultimately sees in Tudor's story is a cautionary tale about enablers of ruthless and anti-democratic authoritarian figures.
Survival skills: In his memoir A Precarious Enterprise, former D&M co-founder Scott McIntyre reflects on the roller coaster that is Canadian independent publishing
McIntyre's book should serve as an inspiring corrective to anyone who believes that Canadian publishing is a failing endeavour.
Canadian novelist David Szalay joins Kiran Desai and Andrew Miller on the shortlist for the 2025 Booker Prize
Also shortlisted this year is Kiran Desai for The Loneliness of Sunny and Sonia.
Russell Smith’s new novel examines what happens when a wellness writer hooks up with an incel
Like Nabokov, Smith tackles difficult and potentially divisive sexual material.
“So much more than I ever bargained for”: Billy-Ray Belcourt’s third book of poetry examines the body through language and history
The extent to which the body, for a queer Cree writer, is tied into an ongoing history of displacement, dispersal, and disappearance is at the centre of Belcourt's writing.
Public image: Former Ideas producer David Cayley has some thoughts on how to save the CBC
Much of Cayley's critique involves the suggestion that the CBC has become an insular clique catering only to those savvy enough to understand its references.
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek and Maria Reva land spots on the 2025 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize shortlist
The shortlist was selected by a jury comprising writers Gary Barwin, Ali Bryan, and Jasmine Sealy.