Keeping it in the family: Indigo receives privatization offer from its largest shareholder, Gerry Schwartz
Those who thought Indigo had finally reached a point of stability and stasis after a roller coaster year might want to buckle in.
Meghan Macdonald named new publisher of Dundurn Press
Macdonald takes over as publisher from Kwame Scott Fraser, who stepped down at the end of January.
Jonny Gonzalez and Vivian Bercovici among the first group of authors in Sutherland House’s new Experts program
Sutherland House Experts operates under a co-publishing model.
In The Storm of Progress, media and communications expert Wade Rowland posits a way to avoid the potentially existential crises confronting us
Rowland suggests we need to re-emphasize our human predilection for moral action and goodness.
Every movie a sequel: A corporate history of Marvel Studios proves frustratingly uncritical about what the company’s dominance means for pop culture
There is a wealth of behind-the-scenes information on offer in MCU.
Word on the Street announces increase in revenue and donor support in 2023 annual report
This year's festival will run September 28–29.
A declarative kitchen-sink realism pairs with themes of yearning and befuddlement in Allison Graves’s debut story collection
These are stories that are honest enough to meet their characters on their own terms.
The ACP, TWUC, and others lobby government to regulate copyright in the area of generative AI
Whether the consultation will have any effect is an open question.
Canadian writers let loose in an anthology of anonymous sexytimes stories
The stories here are entertaining enough, provocative enough, and spicy enough that their ultimate provenance doesn't really make any difference.
Literary links from around the web: A new director for Quill & Quire, an actual writer defending a Canada Reads title, and more
I have come down with Covid. New posts will resume once I'm feeling a bit better.