Sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll, and CanLit pettiness collide in Jean Marc Ah-Sen’s latest novel
For a writer who notably eschews the aesthetic approaches involved in social realism, Kilworthy Tanner is his most reader-friendly work to date.
Three of five Atwood Gibson Prize nominees are writers who pulled their books from Giller contention
The two other nominees for this year's prize also appear on the Giller longlist.
Punk feminist Virginie Despantes delivers a philosophical epistolary novel about #MeToo, Covid, and addiction
Not pissing people off is something Despentes could rarely be accused of attempting.
Rescue mission: Dionne Brand’s latest work of nonfiction examines what the English literary canon leaves out for readers like her
A reader like Brand, we understand, is someone who has never felt represented in the literature presented to her as the great and enduring work of the past.
Authors longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize subject to targeted attacks online
The campaign of intimidation has led to the Giller Foundation taking the extraordinary step of releasing a public plea for the harassment to end.
A dozen books longlisted for a 2024 Giller Prize that has changed its name in the face of ongoing protests
The refusal to cut ties with Scotiabank but merely suppress its name in public is likely to further inflame those who feel the association with the bank is a moral stain on the prize.
S.C. Lalli’s latest mystery represents an example of a burgeoning subgenre focused on critiques of the ultra-rich
As a commercial novel about the ultra-rich, The Plus One wants to have it both ways.
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.
What a rush: Investigative reporter Max Marshall details how a Southern U.S. fraternity became the hub for an extensive drug-running operation
The tale Marshall unfolds is a narrative of crime and hubris among the scions of the country's elite establishment members.
The worlds of therapy and nature operate in tandem in Melanie Siebert’s long poem Signal Infinities
Siebert's empathetic approach to her material is admirable and she has the capacity for cutting observation.