Bad vibes: In her first book, music journalist Liz Pelly provides a caustic critique of the ways Spotify is degrading music
Pelly's book is a sobering look at the real and measurable harms the service is having on the global music ecosystem.
Rise of the machines: Nnedi Okorafor’s metafictional postapocalypse is surpassingly depressing
Okorafor does not miss a single opportunity to critique the contemporary media establishment.
Board of the Kingston WritersFest pulls the plug on the sixteen-year-old annual event
Ticket sales accounted for 14% of the festival's revenue in 2024.
Surviving the (mis)information age: Two books address our crisis of knowledge and trust
Both books provide salient warnings for the perils our current distrustful, paranoid, and misinformation-saturated culture throws up.
Remembering Andrew Pyper, the bestselling author who shattered boundaries between literary and genre fiction
“When you look back in fifty years on the great writers in Canadian literature, I think he’s going to have to be included in that.”
Fifteen worthy reads from a tough year
Even in a year fraught with anxiety and discord, writers connected with readers to provide succour, solace, entertainment, and provocation.
The dogs of war: Christopher Bollen’s latest novel is a deliriously vicious, ferociously entertaining read
Bollen has concocted a scenario that deftly upends traditional power structures.
Freeland resignation prompts House of Anansi to bump up the pub date on its bio from February to Friday
"In publishing you just run with what you’ve got," said Anansi publisher Karen Brochu.
Gail Crowther’s latest volume examines the underappreciated legacy of Dorothy Parker’s time in Hollywood
One thing Crowther does accentuate is Parker's versatility.
The devil’s advocate: Toronto Star entertainment editor Doug Brod on the demonic appeal of Anton LaVey
"He was essentially a horror movie, comic book geek," Brod says.