Books of the Year: 2023 in reading
These are books that made an impression on me.
Transition and stasis operate in tension throughout Anuja Varghese’s debut short fiction collection
Regardless of the narrative mode Verghese chooses, her thematic focus remains relatively constant.
Hardboiled, with heart: two tough-guy crime novels add a social conscience to the violence and mayhem
Sam Wiebe and S.A. Cosby are among the leading practitioners of a new strain of noir fiction.
Toronto police lay charges in the vandalism of an Indigo store earlier this month
Protesters gathered outside 52 Division in downtown Toronto to call for the charges against the eleven to be dropped.
Kai Thomas, Christina Sharpe, and Helen Humphreys among the winners of seven Writers’ Trust awards
In addition to the prizes for individual works, several prizes for a body of work were also handed out.
Canadian authors and publishers sign open letter in support of Giller protesters; Anne Boyer resigns as poetry editor at New York Times Magazine
The Giller protesters also received support on social media.
Christine Estima’s debut collection mines the experience of Arab immigrants to Canada
Estima infuses her writing with sensitivity for the barbed points of human interaction.
In Yara, Tamara Faith Berger addresses fraught questions about sexuality, consent, geopolitics, and religion
Yara represents Berger's most fully realized vision yet.
Atwood, Gallant, and Dany Laferrière are among the writers and thinkers examined in Andy Lamey’s new book of essays
One of Lamey's qualities in this volume is a willingness to entertain multiple sides of a debate.
Anuja Varghese, Hannah Green among the winners of the 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards
Toronto independent House of Anansi Press did very well at this year's awards.