by Steven W. Beattie

Randy Boyagoda, Donna Bailey Nurse, and Aleksandar Hemon headline the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury

No sooner has Donna Bailey Nurse finished reading true stories as a member of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction jury than she will begin immersing herself in novels and short fiction ... Read More »

January 28, 2019

The complicated legacy of former publisher Jack Stoddart

By Steven W. Beattie

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January 28, 2019

Former publisher Jack Stoddart dead at age 74

By Steven W. Beattie

Jack Stoddart, a staunch nationalist and one of the drivers of Canadian publishing during the 1980s and ’90s, has died. According to his official obituary, Stoddart died at his home on Jan. 17, 2019. He ... Read More »

January 21, 2019

Spring preview 2019: Short fiction, poetry, and novels in translation

By Steven W. Beattie

SHORT FICTION Immigrant City David Bezmozgis HarperCollins, March After forays into novel writing and filmmaking, the newly minted director of the Humber School for Writers returns to the form that first established his name. The ... Read More »

January 9, 2019

Spring preview 2019: Novels and graphica

By Steven W. Beattie

Bina: A Novel in Warnings Anakana Schofield Knopf Canada, May One of Canada’s most stylistically provocative and innovative wordsmiths, Irish-born Anakana Schofield returns in May with her third novel (a follow-up to the 2015 Scotiabank ... Read More »

January 7, 2019

The enduring brilliance of Al Purdy

By Steven W. Beattie

When people think of Al Purdy, it is often in the context of his public persona: the fervent nationalist (he was known as Canada’s unofficial poet laureate) and the hard drinking, brawling, womanizing outdoorsman. This ... Read More »

December 20, 2018

Former Ontario Lieutenant Governor James Bartleman’s Indigenous Summer Reading Camps program continues to grow

By Steven W. Beattie

“It’s the biggest story [that’s] never been told.” That’s how former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario James Bartleman describes the annual Indigenous Summer Reading Camps program that has been in operation in the province since 2005 ... Read More »

December 13, 2018

For the love of the game: actor and screenwriter Jay Baruchel pens a book about his obsession with the Montreal Canadiens

By Steven W. Beattie

The first time Jay Baruchel appears on screen – playing himself – in the apocalyptic comedy This Is the End, he is wearing a Montreal Canadiens cap. He is met at the Los Angeles airport ... Read More »

December 10, 2018

Designing Leonard Cohen

By Steven W. Beattie

“Poetry,” said Leonard Cohen, “comes from a place that no one commands and no one conquers. … [If] I knew where good songs came from, I’d go there more often.” Those words are part of ... Read More »

November 19, 2018

Prolific author and editor David Helwig dies at age 80

By Steven W. Beattie

David Helwig, who died on Oct. 16 at 80 after a life marked by multiple debilitating health issues, was one of the most prolific and certainly one of the most versatile Canadian literary figures of ... Read More »

October 17, 2018

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Randy Boyagoda, Donna Bailey Nurse, and Aleksandar Hemon headline the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury

The complicated legacy of former publisher Jack Stoddart

Former publisher Jack Stoddart dead at age 74

Spring preview 2019: Short fiction, poetry, and novels in translation

Spring preview 2019: Novels and graphica

The enduring brilliance of Al Purdy

Former Ontario Lieutenant Governor James Bartleman’s Indigenous Summer Reading Camps program continues to grow

For the love of the game: actor and screenwriter Jay Baruchel pens a book about his obsession with the Montreal Canadiens

Designing Leonard Cohen

Prolific author and editor David Helwig dies at age 80

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