Activist groups claims victory as No Arms in the Arts and CanLit Responds end boycott of Giller Prize
More than 500 figures in the Canadian literary world took part in the boycott.
“This is insanity”: Alberta provincial government extends its censorship program to public libraries with proposed new legislation
As a general rule of thumb, whenever a far-right conservative leans on "the needs of the family" to justify a piece of legislation, you can be pretty safely assured they are in the process of trampling on somebody's rights.
Margaret Sweatman’s seventh novel is a thoughtful and nuanced incursion into late capitalism
Sweatman has created a vivid critique of industrial expansion that has demonstrable negative effects on an individual, societal, and environmental level.
Elbows up? Eight books from Americans and no Canadians on 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist
Griffin's sunny confidence about Canadians' ability to "sit with the best internationally" is being sorely tested.
Hachette cancels upcoming horror novel over suspicions it was written with the help of AI
Not everyone suspected the use of AI early on.
HarperCollins Canada’s new reprint line raises questions about cultural sovereignty and what constitutes a classic
The impetus for HarperCollins Canada's Canadian Classics program does not, in one sense, have anything to do with Canada at all.
The side of the angels: Sharon Bala’s second novel examines the conflicted motives of a struggling NGO
What Bala provides in Good Guys is a master class in irony.
“Computers and cellphones have ruined fiction and movies”: Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson on historical Toronto, James Earl Ray, and his new novel
Stefanovich-Thomson's writing has been described as "maple noir."
The old ballgame: Three Canadian writers find ongoing fascination in the sport of baseball
Forbes's book provides a useful bridging text between those of Mooney and Smith.
As Ottawa’s VERSeFest marks its sixteenth year, rob mclennan reflects on its importance
VERSeFest arose out of a push to get the city's various poetry reading series – be they slam, stage, or page focused – to collaborate on a single event.