Ottawa’s Mark Bourrie recognized as a recipient of the Governor General’s History Award
Administered by Canada's National History Society, the awards, which were established in 1996, are given out in five categories.
Oh, Canada: Former CBC head Richard Stursberg critiques our current literary climate in a new long essay
Stursberg diagnoses a number of maladies causing our current situation, some more persuasive than others.
Giller shakes things up with an all-bookseller jury for 2026
"We wanted to highlight independent booksellers and the important role they play in the literary community."
“Always carry a book”: Patty Krawec offers an alternative reading list in her literary survey Bad Indians Book Club
Krawec is reading as an activist first, not as a literary critic.
Sixteen books that helped put 2025 in perspective
What our literary output offers is not a vision of perfectibility but an attempt to reckon with our world in all its contradiction, ambiguity, and fractiousness.
“A life of constant displacement”: Maggie Helwig compels readers to empathize with an unhoused community in her hear searing book Encampment
Helwig displays an almost preternatural empathy and a willingness to meet people where they are.
Rivkah Books, Rebecca Eckler’s new imprint for Jewish authors, is a “cultural intervention” at an urgent time
"The timing of launching Rivkah is not a coincidence. It's the point."
“How brave can I be?”: Two books focus on the campaign of silencing directed toward pro-Palestinian voices in Canada
The ranks of Canadian protesters who have been punished for speaking out about the slaughter in Gaza are extensive.
Canadian children’s publisher hits back at Pete Hegseth’s use of Franklin the Turtle as jokey symbol of war
Kids Can was not the only source of anger over the post.
The march of time: In her third collection of poetry, katherena vermette considers our place as descendants and future ancestors
The combined slipperiness and multifaceted aspect of language is all over this volume.