Putting the verse in metaverse: George Murray gets social with a private online network for poets
The new members-only social-media site aims to replicate the café or salon in a virtual environment.
“We were on this wonderful ride”: Friends and colleagues recall Malcolm Lester, a publisher whose career surpassed his public acclaim
“For his generation, he was a pillar of Canadian Jewish literature publishing.”
Us vs. the volcano: In their sophomore novel, John Elizabeth Stintzi offers a phantasmagoria of interconnecting stories about climate change and human fallibility
Stintzi’s novel traverses space, time, and a sprawling cast of characters in its attempt to allegorize our most profound challenges in the present.
Truth and consequences: New York Times journalist Elizabeth Williamson’s new book examines the poisonous seedbed of American conspiracy culture
The New York Times feature writer shows in carefully argued detail that the Sandy Hook hoaxers exist in a direct line with QAnon and the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Rosemary Sullivan defends conclusions in controversial Anne Frank book; HarperCollins to keep the title on sale
The author says in a statement that she has “full confidence” in the work that went into the book.
Ted Cruz slams a book on policing during Senate confirmation hearing, sends the book to the bestseller list
The stunt by the junior senator from Texas backfired in the most spectacular way.
Dutch publisher Ambo Anthos retracts publication of a controversial book about Anne Frank after a report by historians refutes the volume’s conclusions
The move comes after criticism of the cold-case team’s methods and assumptions by experts on the Holocaust and the Franks.
Power plays: Julia May Jonas addresses issues of on-campus sexual politics in her provocative and incendiary debut novel
Jonas constructs a narrative that examines campus power dynamics frankly without, for the most part, providing any tidy moral or lesson.
“It was like unfinished business”: University of Alberta professor David R. Marples on the historical and political context behind Putin’s war in Ukraine
“I never thought Ukrainians anywhere would welcome Russian occupation,” says Marples.
Biblioasis’s new terms of sale for Canadian independents aim to support an industry sector that acts as the lifeblood for domestic publishers
“The biggest issue facing us is visibility,” says publisher Daniel Wells, who hopes that the new terms will incentivize independent booksellers to stock and hold his house’s titles.