A Blog About Books and Reading
A Blog About Books and Reading
The extraordinary percentage of books by Canadian authors coming out of the sector is indicative of its foundational role in keeping Canadian literature alive.
"I think the majority of us – left, centre, right, whatever – are interested in finding a way out of this."
What is most fascinating about Rail's story is not so much the forger, but everything surrounding him.
There is ambiguity here, but also a plaintive recognition of very human emotions that are often denied or ignored by people frightened by their complexity or contradictions.
The recognition puts the publisher and distributor in the same category as the Toronto International Film Festival, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the National Ballet.
"It’s clear that the lines between what is public and what’s private has been blurred," said Elana Rabinovitch.
"I would turn your attention back to the role of literature in situations like this, which is to interrogate hate and certitude and ideas that people are conflicted about."
Vampires, it would seem, are everywhere in our culture.
Sharp shares with Jon Klassen an affection for macabre conclusions in which the story's villain gets an exaggerated, though not unwarranted, comeuppance.
Sathue's novel is the fist release from the Soho Press horror imprint Hell's Hundred.