Arrest of French publisher’s foreign rights manager results in protests at the London Book Fair
The police used Section 7 of the U.K. Terrorism Act 2000 as justification for the detention.
Two Canadians shortlisted for the 2023 Griffin Prize; Scribner U.S. launches a poetry imprint
Iman Mersal and Susan Musgrave are featured on the five-book Griffin shortlist.
Together, Donald Trump and Vince McMahon represent postmodern avatars for our relativistic, media saturated age
The pith and substance of both books involves an interrogation of what is genuine and what is kayfabe.
Six-year-old Stratford resident Izzy the Bookworm raises money to help fight MS by doing what she loves most: reading
Izzy's mother, Lindsey, was diagnosed with the disease when she was thirty.
American author and poverty abolitionist Matthew Desmond turns the spotlight on readers in his latest volume
The alternatives to the limited cost of his proposals should be morally repugnant to the vast majority of thinking and feeling people.
In Letters to Little Comrade, Dan K. Woo offers a satirical, ultimately tragic view of womanhood in modern China
The brief novel's overall structure is frequently at odds with the specificity of the narrative that is unfolding.
Toronto horror bookstore Little Ghosts expands its purview with a spring pop-up tour and new publishing imprint
“I’m not a professional person,” says Chris Krawczyk, proprietor of the horror-themed Toronto independent Little Ghosts Bookstore and Café. The...
A new biography of Mickey Spillane makes the case for the late pulp novelist’s ongoing importance
Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction provides a thoughtful overview of the man and his work.
Xanax Cowboy, the subversive debut book of poetry from Hannah Green, melds linguistic acrobatics and formal control
The question of how closely the narrator of Xanax Cowboy cleaves to the poet is one of the overarching aspects of the book.
Five-year commitment from Scott Griffin boosts the Writers’ Trust poetry prize from $25,000 to $60,000
The award is presented to a Canadian poet in mid-career.