by Steven W. Beattie

How poet Jeff Latosik uses juxtaposition and ambiguity to mine truths about the human condition

"With a poem, you’re trying to say the unsayable.” As poetic manifestoes go, this one is fairly typical of Toronto’s Jeff Latosik: the language is straightforward, but the statement contains layers of meaning and ambiguity, ... Read More »

April 30, 2018

Herménégilde Chiasson’s debut poetry collection – one of the core texts of Acadian literature – is finally appearing in English translation

By Steven W. Beattie

“I’ve always felt that in society there are three main fields: culture, politics, and economy,” says Herménégilde Chiasson, the unofficial poet laureate of the region in eastern Canada known as Acadia. “Culture is at the ... Read More »

April 23, 2018

Former Maclean’s editor Kenneth Whyte launches new publishing venture, acquires The Porcupine’s Quill

By Steven W. Beattie

"I wanted to be a book publisher. It wasn't much more complicated than that." That's how Kenneth Whyte explains his newest venture: a non-fiction publishing company called The Sutherland House. "I've spent my whole career ... Read More »

April 12, 2018

Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aisha Sasha John, and Donato Mancini shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

One day after being shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize, Billy-Ray Belcourt has been nominated for the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize, the country's richest prize for poetry. Belcourt, an Indigenous poet ... Read More »

April 10, 2018

Tim Cook’s First World War volume named winner of the 2018 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

Ottawa-based historian Tim Cook has won the $10,000 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize for his latest volume of military history, Vimy: The Battle and the Legend (Allen Lane Canada). The book takes a revisionist approach to ... Read More »

April 9, 2018

Billy-Ray Belcourt among nominees for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

Billy-Ray Belcourt, whose 2017 collection This Wound Is a World (Frontenac House) was one of last year's most acclaimed works of poetry, is one of three authors shortlisted for the 2018 Robert Kroetsch City of ... Read More »

April 9, 2018

Winnipeg’s Great Plains Publications changes hands

By Steven W. Beattie

A quarter-century after appearing on the Prairies publishing scene in Winnipeg, Great Plains Publications is seeing changes in its leadership with the departure of publisher Gregg Shilliday and executive editor Ingeborg Boyens. Shilliday and Boyens ... Read More »

March 15, 2018

Between the Lines, Inanna Publications, and Fernwood Publishing join the International Women’s Strike

By Steven W. Beattie

Thursday, March 8 is International Women's Day, and to mark the occasion, three Canadian publishers are going on strike in solidarity with women around the world. Between the Lines, Inanna Publications, and Fernwood Publishing will ... Read More »

March 7, 2018

Writer Nancy Richler remembered as a “generous person and a tremendously gifted novelist”

By Steven W. Beattie

When Nancy Richler's agent, Dean Cooke, telephoned to inform her that her third novel, The Imposter Bride, had been shortlisted for the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize, the author was washing her floor. She "acknowledged the ... Read More »

January 25, 2018 | Filed under: Authors

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By Steven W. Beattie

How Nathan Ripley subverts genre conventions in his debut thriller, Find You in the Dark

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How poet Jeff Latosik uses juxtaposition and ambiguity to mine truths about the human condition

Herménégilde Chiasson’s debut poetry collection – one of the core texts of Acadian literature – is finally appearing in English translation

Former Maclean’s editor Kenneth Whyte launches new publishing venture, acquires The Porcupine’s Quill

Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aisha Sasha John, and Donato Mancini shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize

Tim Cook’s First World War volume named winner of the 2018 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize

Billy-Ray Belcourt among nominees for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize

Winnipeg’s Great Plains Publications changes hands

Between the Lines, Inanna Publications, and Fernwood Publishing join the International Women’s Strike

Writer Nancy Richler remembered as a “generous person and a tremendously gifted novelist”

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