Revelations that Alice Munro stayed with the man who sexually assaulted her nine-year-old daughter force a reckoning with the Nobel prize winner and her art
The article in the Star is heartbreaking.
A recently discovered, fragmentary novel by the notorious French author Céline raises questions about how – or if – to publish such posthumous work
War is potent if only for its concentration.
Two veteran poets explore the ineffable by way of the tangible and everyday
Both volumes contain references to the Hebrew word "hineni," translated as "here I am."
The debut novel from Montreal author Nour Abi-Nakhoul is an hallucinatory descent into existential horror
Ontological queries pervade the novel, which is, at least in part, about the inability to outrun violence or harmful past experience.
Celebrated Michif author katherena vermette joins Simon & Schuster Canada in the role of senior editor
"Historically underserved communities are home to some of our greatest literary talent," vermette says in a statement.
The new novel from Joyce Carol Oates is a Boschian descent into the mind of a deluded surgeon who runs a New Jersey asylum for women
On balance, Butcher is a savage literary provocation.
A writer’s pursuit of her latest subject leads to unexpected places in Lisa Tuttle’s uncanny novella
The unease that creeps into this story is not overwhelming, but unnerving in its very ordinariness.
In Consent, Montreal-born author Jill Ciment revisits her earlier book to raise questions about the memoir as a vessel for truth telling
Ciment does not ultimately answer any questions, content to let her reader sit with them.
Can’t start a fire without a spark: Steven Hyden’s examines the legacy of Bruce Springsteen’s most popular album
Hyden's book reads a bit like a requiem for a more innocent time.
Longtime books editor Deborah Dundas moves to opinion at the Toronto Star
Dundas remains devoted to writing and publishing and intends to use her experience as a springboard in her new position.