“Peeking behind the curtain of Oz”: Joshua Whitehead talks about his new book of essays, the limitations of genre, and the rigidity of the English language
"If I could go back, I might tell younger me, 'Don't do this.' "
Montreal author Kevin Lambert channels Jean Genet in a scalding novel about sex and class warfare
Lambert uses the structure of a classical Greek tragedy to tell the story of a strike at a sawmill and the amoral, charismatic figure caught up in it.
Is publishing in Canada broken? No, but dismissing an entire segment of the ecosystem certainly doesn’t help
Rather than farm teams, it's preferable to think of smaller publishers as craft breweries or artisinal vineyards.
“The grab continues”: TWUC joins the U.S. Authors Guild and other international organizations in filing an amicus brief in the lawsuit against the Internet Archive’s Open Library initiative
"IA is trying to paint this lawsuit as giant corporations (publishers) going after the little guy, but we see it as the opposite."
“No special treatment”: Madeline McIntosh, PRH U.S. CEO, claims in court that books are treated equally in-house, notwithstanding the stature of the author or the amount paid for them
"Once a book with a big advance is in-house ... it gets no special treatment," McIntosh said on the stand.
Iran blames Rushdie for public attack; Scotland police investigating a threat to J.K. Rowling
An online poster told Rowling, "don't worry you are next."
“The final victory of the censor”: What is at stake in the Salman Rushdie assault
"This is the final victory of the censor: when people cease to be able to imagine a non-censorious society."
Early reports indicate Salman Rushdie attacked in New York
The author, who spent years in the 1980s and ’90s in hiding from an Iranian death sentence, was preparing to give a speech when he was assaulted.
Albert Woodfox, author and activist who spent more than four decades in solitary confinement, dies at 75
On his release, Woodfox, who staunchly maintained his innocence in the murder he was accused of, dedicated himself to educating others about systemic racism.
Casey Plett will be everywhere in fall 2022 and spring 2023
Plett's own debut collection of short fiction, A Safe Girl to Love, is being reissued by her current publisher, Vancouver's Arsenal Pulp Press.