“It encourages madness of a certain kind”: David Cronenberg on the horror genre
“The very things that nurture you in the horror genre are also the things that can suppress an understanding of what you’re trying to do.”
Labyrinthine nightmares: “Treading the Maze” by Lisa Tuttle
Tuttle’s brand of quiet horror is at once a rejoinder to a genre that leans heavily on masculine aggression and a means to achieve effects more unsettling than an explicit presentation could ever be.
Stalking the self: “Consequences” by Willa Cather
Cather’s use of a close third-person narration lends her story an uncanny element of unease and creepiness.
“They are our collective nightmares”: Robin Wood on the 20th century American horror film
We can thank Wood for taking the horror film seriously, and for giving us a framework to understand many of our current cultural impasses.
The most wild, homely narrative: “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe
Poe’s 1843 tale is not only one of the greatest horror stories ever written; it is also a pristine example of internal integrity in the short form.
All horror is body horror: An introduction to a month of fear
The genre “specifically devoted to the arousal of bodily sensation” traffics in transgression and finds pleasure in the disreputable.
“I didn’t realize how difficult it was going to be”: Lisa de Nikolits on a turn to science fiction in her latest novel, The Rage Room
“I think I see life in very, very noir terms,” says the author, who considered quitting after finishing work on her latest novel.
“You just clench your teeth and keep on going”: Linden MacIntyre on masculinity, moral ambiguity, and why he hates golf
“I didn’t have much of a relationship with masculinity growing up,” MacIntyre says. “I grew up among women.”
Book distributors across the country scramble to adjust to problems created by supply chain deficiencies and a shrinking labour market
A labour shortage and increased lead times on the part of domestic and international printers are putting pressure on the country's book distribution network trying to get product to consumers in a timely fashion.
Publishers, booksellers, and suppliers are being squeezed by a “perfect storm” of increased demand and decreased supply heading into the crucial holiday selling season
“The entire chain has been disrupted all at the same time,” says Association of Canadian Press executive director Kate Edwards.