“Of what value is the opinion on any subject, of a man of whom everyone knows that by his profession he must hold that opinion?” –John Stuart Mill
By Jean Coléno
Interviews
Alice Petersen is the author of the recently published short-story collection All the Voices Cry. ...
By Katia Grubisic
Rawi Hage likes to think of himself as a historical novelist, but you wouldn’t know it from reading his new novel Carnival. Set in an unspecified time, in an unnamed city, it contains no historical figures or events.
By Eric Boodman
As one of Canada’s early modern poets, a woman who lived almost a century and spent the better part of it making some of the most startling, masterful writing we’ve seen, P. K. Page cut her own path.
By Anna Leventhal
From the reader’s vantage, the book hinges on characters meeting themselves. What makes All the Voices Cry hold our attention is that the characters can’t see it.
By Katia Grubisic
Kirby, a lawyer with one of Canada’s largest firms, skilfully draws on his experience to tell the tale of five homeless people murdered on the streets of Montreal on Christmas Eve.
By Jim Napier
Literature abounds with similarly uninspired narrators, which makes me wonder why loser narrators are so popular.Why do we buy these books when writing guides tell us no one wants to read about losers?
By Sarah Fletcher
The end result is a philosophical, metafictional work whose form is as quirky as its characters.
By Kimberly Bourgeois
Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni idolizes his Dad, his stories, his old “Indian” tricks, and his perilous adventures.
By Ami Sands Brodoff
It’s clear that Goliath never got a fair shake in the telling, whether in the Old Testament or in the many subsequent versions. But now, after a mere couple of millennia, he has, thanks to Scottish cartoonist Tom Gauld. Better late than never.
By Ian McGillis
When you sit down to talk books with Daniel Allen Cox, you’re never quite sure what’s going to happen, all you can be sure of is that it’s going to be interesting.
By Rob Sherren
After interviewing Taras Grescoe for our blog, Leila Marshy writes an ode to public transport.
By Leila Marshy