Proposed tariffs on books could have serious adverse effects on the independent publishing and bookselling sectors in Canada
"We'll just have to suck it up and soldier through."
Haskell Free Library & Opera House blows past fundraising goal after U.S. blocks access to Canadians
As of this morning, the campaign has already raised $153,628.
Internationally bestselling author Louise Penny announces she will not travel to the U.S. due to tariff war
Penny pointed out that her decision to boycott the U.S. was not a reflection on the American public or her readers, but on the actions of the government in power.
Charges withdrawn for four of five protesters arrested after 2023 Giller Gala disruption
Maysam Abu Khreibeh, a Palestinian writer and organizer, called the 2023 protest the "bare minimum" that could be done to push back against the ongoing conflict in Gaza
Shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre: University of Winnipeg professor Peter Ives re-examines core principles in his new book, Rethinking Free Speech
Ives distinguishes between the absolutism of Immanuel Kant and the more pragmatic views of John Stuart Mill.
Rage farmers and agents of chaos: Carol Off on political polarization, emotion versus reason, and her latest book, At a Loss for Words
"I think the majority of us – left, centre, right, whatever – are interested in finding a way out of this."
A Brooklyn bookstore abruptly cancels an onstage author event because one of the participants is a “Zionist”
"There’s an ideological litmus test that’s being applied specifically to Jews in order to appear on stage," says author Joshua Leifer.
Worrisome 20th century antecedents preoccupy Ken McGoogan in his new work of biographical history
The chimes between Europe of the 1930s and American in the 2010s and early 2020s are clear and persuasive.
Recent legal decision around “Bling Bling” rapper only the latest attempt to criminalize rap lyrics in America
If the First Amendment provides protection for every artistic endeavour except rap music, it then becomes impossible not to see this Constitutional provision as a racist instrument.
A book first published sixty-two years ago helps explain the weird quasi-reality we are living through
So much of what Boorstin itemizes now seems inevitable it's difficult to countenance how groundbreaking his analysis was in its own time.