On beginning the year with cautious optimism
Notwithstanding the real challenges last year presented, there is good reason to be hopeful about the robust longevity of the literary ecosystem.
Simon & Schuster cancels book by Senator Josh Hawley after “dangerous insurrection” in Washington, D.C.
One of America’s largest publishers has decided to step away from publishing a forthcoming work by the pugilistic Missouri senator.
Luciana Ricciutelli, groundbreaking feminist publisher and small-press advocate, dead at 62
The longtime editor-in-chief of Inanna Publications is remembered as much for her dedication to publishing debut and marginalized authors as her commitment to small presses in Canada.
Poet George Murray launches Walk the Line, a pair of workshops to teach beginning and intermediate writers the craft of verse
The former St. John's, Newfoundland, poet laureate is looking to demystify poetry and convince people that anyone has it in them to write verse.
John le Carré mined moral ambiguity and Cold War paranoia to reinvent the modern espionage novel
The novelist, who famously eschewed literary awards and other national recognitions, leaves behind a corpus of work that transcends its genre and tells deeply immersive psychological stories.
Feminism and the capitalist impulse collide head-on in Leigh Stein’s blistering second novel
Self Care skewers the performative progressiveness that attends capitalist tech companies obsessed with clicks and user engagement.
Good faces off against evil in James Herbert’s The Dark
Herbert’s novel combines elements of a haunted house story, a zombie tale, and a meditation on the nature of evil.
Why it’s so difficult to adapt Stephen King’s books for film
Being able to see King’s horrors is a significant drawback in terms of their emotional and affective impact – with one exception.
James Grainger on Folk Horror and confronting Canada’s colonial past
In order to establish a Folk Horror tradition, Canada would first have to reckon with the sins of its history as a settler-colonial nation.
Michael McDowell combines Southern Gothic and a haunted house tale in The Elementals
McDowell’s mashup of Southern Gothic and a traditional haunted house story provides a slow burn as opposed to the anarchic energy of his earlier novel.