Don Coles, the Canadian poet who died on Nov. 29 at the age of 90, took great pains to ensure adherence to Jonathan Swift’s formula for good writing: proper words in proper places.
Teva Harrison on her new gallery exhibit and how her graphic memoir continues to evolve
When it comes to creating art, Teva Harrison believes idea dictates form.
Robyn Maynard: Ongoing state violence against Black people has its roots in a culture of anti-Blackness
Writing my book, Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present, felt to me like an urgent matter. That feeling only intensified due to events that unfolded during the time I worked on the volume.
Granta guest editors Madeleine Thien and Catherine Leroux find hope in the “collision of ideas”
When guest editors Madeleine Thien and Catherine Leroux finalized the lineup for Granta 141, a special issue of the renowned literary quarterly dedicated to new writing out of Canada, they included an essay by Acadian writer France Daigle called “What Is It that Hurts?”
Older writers aren’t letting the speed bumps of age prevent them from producing meaningful work
Nonagenarians and other older authors are publishing meaningful work despite obstacles posed by health, technology, and a culture that can sometimes feel indifferent to the insights of the elderly.
William Weintraub, Montreal writer and filmmaker, dead at 91
When William Weintraub’s debut novel, Why Rock the Boat?, was released in 1961, the author’s former colleagues at the Montreal Gazette might have been forgiven for feeling that the title was just a tad ironic.
Q&A: Cherie Dimaline on her award-winning week
The author of The Marrow Thieves found out she won the $50,000 Kirkus Prize as she was searching her desk for loose change for transit.
Q&A: Allison Hirst on acquiring and editing mysteries
Allison Hirst is Dundurn’s resident woman of mystery. The developmental editor is responsible for a variety of non-fiction titles and crime mysteries, including Steve Burrows’ popular Birder Murder books, Nick Wilkshire’s new Foreign Affairs series, and Janet Kellough’s “brilliant historical series,” the Thaddeus Lewis Mysteries.
Q&A: Melanie Florence on her new picture book; worst-case scenarios; and going commercial
While Melanie Florence has written multiple works of fiction and non-fiction for children, the picture book genre is still new to her. It’s also where she’s having the greatest success.
Six women mystery writers to add to your reading list
Canadian women crime and mystery writers Ausma Zehanat Khan, Janet Kellough, Anne Emery, R.M. Greenaway, Alice Walsh, and Maureen Jennings.
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