Punk feminist Virginie Despantes delivers a philosophical epistolary novel about #MeToo, Covid, and addiction
Not pissing people off is something Despentes could rarely be accused of attempting.
Literary nightmares: Nineteen writers contribute to an anthology about the spooky side of literature
The books in these stories are dangerous not just for the ideas they contain, but the wounds that they inflict.
Rescue mission: Dionne Brand’s latest work of nonfiction examines what the English literary canon leaves out for readers like her
A reader like Brand, we understand, is someone who has never felt represented in the literature presented to her as the great and enduring work of the past.
Authors longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize subject to targeted attacks online
The campaign of intimidation has led to the Giller Foundation taking the extraordinary step of releasing a public plea for the harassment to end.
A dozen books longlisted for a 2024 Giller Prize that has changed its name in the face of ongoing protests
The refusal to cut ties with Scotiabank but merely suppress its name in public is likely to further inflame those who feel the association with the bank is a moral stain on the prize.
S.C. Lalli’s latest mystery represents an example of a burgeoning subgenre focused on critiques of the ultra-rich
As a commercial novel about the ultra-rich, The Plus One wants to have it both ways.
World enough and time: A new collection of speculative fiction from Palestinian writers addresses real-world issues
The writers are for the most part clear-eyed about the realities of the world and adept at placing them in the context of speculative fiction.
The horror! The horror! Why do so many people who write about the genre seem not to understand – or even much like – it?
It would be salutary if writers addressing the genre would cease treating it as though it has been relevant for only the past ten or twenty years.
A Brooklyn bookstore abruptly cancels an onstage author event because one of the participants is a “Zionist”
"There’s an ideological litmus test that’s being applied specifically to Jews in order to appear on stage," says author Joshua Leifer.
What a rush: Investigative reporter Max Marshall details how a Southern U.S. fraternity became the hub for an extensive drug-running operation
The tale Marshall unfolds is a narrative of crime and hubris among the scions of the country's elite establishment members.