Canadian writer Shashi Bhat on the jury for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Bhat's new collection is out from M&S in spring 2024.
High rise havoc and haunted houses: Andrew F. Sullivan and Nick Cutter deliver the horror
The Marigold is a quintessential urban horror tale; The Handyman Method relocates the terror to the suburbs.
AI enlisted to help one Iowa school district determine which books to censor; Canadian publishers caught in Texas school labelling push
Some Canadian children's publishers have been approached about labelling their books.
ACP issues statement in support of publishers, booksellers, and librarians opposing Texas book rating law
The ACP declares that it "stands in solidarity with the American writing, publishing, and bookselling communities."
“That crooked Métis fiddle style”: Michelle Porter discusses the family history and cultural reclamation that went into the creation of her first novel, A Grandmother Begins the Story
The interconnections between the various voices is essential to Porter's approach in the novel.
Lisa Alward’s debut short fiction collection is a quietly potent cocktail
The stories display a surface placidity that belies their deeper structure.
The best stories in the horror anthology Found are those that interpret the book’s mandate broadly
It's hard to fault the contributors to the volume, or the ambition of the editors.
Precise language and patterns of imagery highlight the debut collection of stories from Amy LeBlanc
LeBlanc's short fiction is refreshingly resistant to closure.
Private equity firm KKR agrees to purchase Simon & Schuster for $1.6 billion USD
Finding a private buyer for the house will likely help forestall regulatory pushback on antitrust grounds.
News orgs report a deal may be close in the sale of multinational Simon & Schuster
Job losses may be inevitable no matter who ends up purchasing S&S.