Margaret Sweatman’s seventh novel is a thoughtful and nuanced incursion into late capitalism
Sweatman has created a vivid critique of industrial expansion that has demonstrable negative effects on an individual, societal, and environmental level.
Elbows up? Eight books from Americans and no Canadians on 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist
Griffin's sunny confidence about Canadians' ability to "sit with the best internationally" is being sorely tested.
Hachette cancels upcoming horror novel over suspicions it was written with the help of AI
Not everyone suspected the use of AI early on.
HarperCollins Canada’s new reprint line raises questions about cultural sovereignty and what constitutes a classic
The impetus for HarperCollins Canada's Canadian Classics program does not, in one sense, have anything to do with Canada at all.
The side of the angels: Sharon Bala’s second novel examines the conflicted motives of a struggling NGO
What Bala provides in Good Guys is a master class in irony.
“We pay attention”: The stories in Nina Dunic’s debut collection address the ways we connect – or don’t – with one another
Many of the stories in Suddenly Light deal with separation, either emotional or literal.
“Computers and cellphones have ruined fiction and movies”: Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson on historical Toronto, James Earl Ray, and his new novel
Stefanovich-Thomson's writing has been described as "maple noir."
The old ballgame: Three Canadian writers find ongoing fascination in the sport of baseball
Forbes's book provides a useful bridging text between those of Mooney and Smith.
As Ottawa’s VERSeFest marks its sixteenth year, rob mclennan reflects on its importance
VERSeFest arose out of a push to get the city's various poetry reading series – be they slam, stage, or page focused – to collaborate on a single event.
Heated Rivalry’s Rachel Reid joins the fray in protesting the Nova Scotia provincial budget cuts to arts and culture
Increasing funding for the arts and culture would also have beneficial health and educational outcomes.