Griffin Poetry Prize reveals its 2023 longlist under new selection rules; only two original works by Canadian poets make the cut
It is very easy to imagine a five-book shortlist on which not a single Canadian appears.
“The manuscript has always been cursed”: Joel Warner traces the remarkable journey of one of the most notorious literary scrolls in history
Warner acts as part literary historian, part biographer, and part amateur detective.
Cherie Dimaline, Zoe Whittall, and Catherine Hernandez confirmed to appear at WOTS, with three new genre stages for this year’s festival
This year's festival runs at Queen's Park on May 27 and 28.
Toronto Public Library joins Book Sanctuary movement to protect and promote banned books
The books in TPL's collection feature works for adults, teens, and children.
Hackers behind Indigo ransomware attack threaten release of employee data; Indigo refuses to pay ransom
What would benefit Indigo most now is radical transparency and at the very least some expression of remorse.
Poetic form gets exploded and reshaped in two recent volumes from River Halen and Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
The notion of making oneself "legible" to oneself and others is at the centre of Halen's project.
“You got yourself into a Lindsay Wong story”: The author of Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality talks about ghosts, Chinese families, and her idiosyncratic approach to fiction
"I'm interested in that idea: when we transform ourselves, are we transforming our pain?"
Leigh Nash and Debby de Groot stepping down as publisher, publicity director at House of Anansi
Both Nash and de Groot will continue working with Anansi on a freelance basis.
Indigo employees’ data breached in ransomeware attack according to reports
Data accessed includes names, home addresses, and SINs, and banking information.
Queer fear: an anthology of fiction and poetry reimagines horror tropes from LGBTQ+ perspectives
"These stories ask the question What is a monster? and complicate the definition of 'monster' along the way."