A tale of 2,058 timelines: Terri Favro tackles tropes from SF and comic books in her exuberant sequel, The Sisters Sputnik
In her imaginative sequel to Sputnik's Children, Favro comments on the nature and responsibility of storytelling.
(How) should translators be recognized and compensated for their work?
Translators combine skill and artistry in bringing the work of foreign writers to an English-language audience; surely the least we could do is acknowledge their contribution.
Come together: Conflicting notions of home and country are at the fore in Anita Anand’s novel A Convergence of Solitudes
The novel, which is structured to resemble a double album of interconnected tracks, follows a cast of characters searching for a sense of belonging.
“A form that is especially well suited to obsessive characters”: Elise Levine on the novella, true crime, and her new book, Say This
“I wanted to examine alternatives to framing narratives about sexual exploitation and violent crime,” says the author about her two linked novellas.
Donna Bailey Nurse joins forces with Luminato to celebrate Black women’s writing and the legacy of Toni Morrison
A two-day program on June 17 and 18 celebrates the work of the late American Nobel Prize winner as well as highlighting the importance of Black women's writing.
In-person literary events return to Toronto’s Harbourfront with TIFA’s genre-focused Motive Crime & Mystery Festival
Inspired by U.K. festivals such as Bloody Scotland and Noirwich, the Toronto festival features forty in-person events and a series of digital events.
“Egotism at one remove”: Aldous Huxley on the partisan impulse
“Partisan loyalty is socially disastrous; but for individuals it can be richly rewarding.”
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.