- Do protagonists in works of fiction have to be likeable? (Hint: the answer is no.)
- Related: Claire Messud’s pre-emptive strike against critics who slam the protagonist of her new novel, The Woman Upstairs, for being unsympathetic
- (Somewhat) related: “A good female protagonist takes chances and is honest with the reader,” says Vikki VanSickle
- Simon Houpt examines Heritage Canada’s shifting goalposts re: foreign ownership of the publishing industry in Canada
- A gigantic gallery of gloriously gorgeous book covers
- John Lanchester, author of Capital, on how the big banks squandered consumers’ trust
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