Poems to celebrate spring, mourn winter, and bridge the strange mood of this transitional time with determination, aching nostalgia, and maybe even something like hope.
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A good literary feud only happens once every few years. But when it happens, it takes the internet by storm. Maybe you watched the drama unravel live on Twitter, or maybe you ate up the articles that were published after. And if you missed them, we’ve got you.
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As Emily St. John Mandel learned in December, the only way to make changes to a Wikipedia page is to source and cite. The best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel amused many with her plea on Twitter to be interviewed so that she could get her recent divorce on the record.
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Spooky vibes are in the air with Halloween, and there is no better moment than a fall evening to settle in and read a book. Thankfully Canadian fiction is bursting with great books in the horror genre, and here are seven that you shouldn’t miss.
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The wind and frosts of fall invite us to nestle up indoors and commence the ritual of reading the season's newest books. If you’re lost with where to start, our editorial director and poetry editor, Jo and Dessa, have listed the titles that they’re most excited to get cozy with as the days get colder and darker.
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When a psychic TikToker woke up from a dream during which a man asked, “Is the fifth window open?” she had to investigate. What Ohrmarni didn’t expect, along with the Canadian literary community, was for this search to escalate into a full-on hunt for an out-of-print poetry collection published in Saskatoon over 20 years ago.
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Literary awards are important in Canada not only for prestige but also for the media attention they bring and the sales boost they give. Authors and poets get paid based on how many copies their books sell, and having your book shortlisted for a major award helps with book sales.
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Our team, being the literary prize nerds that we are, couldn’t resist taking the opportunity to speculate which titles on Giller Prize longlist will make the cut. This longlist is one of the strongest in our collective memories of following the Giller Prize, and we would be delighted to see any of the books make it to the shortlist and even the winner slot
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Book banning and censorship have been around for a long time. We may think it is a relic of a past time, but all you have to do is look at the many authors on Twitter and other social media platforms who’ve shared their experiences of having their books be excluded from libraries and bookstores for showcasing queer or BIPOC experiences.
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