“You just clench your teeth and keep on going”: Linden MacIntyre on masculinity, moral ambiguity, and why he hates golf
“I didn’t have much of a relationship with masculinity growing up,” MacIntyre says. “I grew up among women.”
Book distributors across the country scramble to adjust to problems created by supply chain deficiencies and a shrinking labour market
A labour shortage and increased lead times on the part of domestic and international printers are putting pressure on the country's book distribution network trying to get product to consumers in a timely fashion.
Publishers, booksellers, and suppliers are being squeezed by a “perfect storm” of increased demand and decreased supply heading into the crucial holiday selling season
“The entire chain has been disrupted all at the same time,” says Association of Canadian Press executive director Kate Edwards.
Aimee Wall’s debut novel recalls a 1960s underground movement in a story told through precise, exuberant language
The brief novel’s propulsion and effect result from its author’s key understanding of just how far to push her technique to achieve maximum effect.
Wolsak & Wynn imprint Poplar Press pivots to speculative fiction
By revamping its mainstream fiction line as a dedicated genre imprint, the Hamilton, Ontario, publisher hopes to fill a void in Canadian books.
The ghostwriter: Philip Roth was a master in the attempted manipulation of his own image, both during his life and after his death
A pugilistic, self-absorbed author, a scandal-mired biographer, and a disillusioned scholar. What could possibly go wrong?
“There is something about the body that I find monstrous”: Mona Awad on Shakespeare, comedy, and her new novel, All’s Well
Awad’s latest novel uses allusions to the Bard to tell the story of a woman whose chronic pain is miraculously alleviated.
Dundurn returns to a partial in-office work; foresees hybrid model in the future
Moving to a hybrid model that sees staff come into the office once or twice per week provides opportunities to save money and decrease the company’s footprint.
Hachette’s announced purchase of Workman makes an already uneven playing field even more slanted
As big North American publishers become ever bigger, authors lose opportunities to place their work and readers lose the chance to avail themselves of riskier books.
Carolyn Forde named chair of the International Visitors Programme at the Toronto International Festival of Authors
As the incoming chair, Forde wants to extend what has been successful about the IV Programme in the past while also adding new initiatives.