Catherine Leroux: ’No part of my life is immune’
Catherine Leroux on when a novel begins and ends, the shock of translation and the meaning of a blank look
Brian Bethune
Brian Bethune writes about ideas, books and the book trade, and religion, but what really interests him is why people believe what they believe.
1916 series: Lines on a map, and a legacy of unrest
Both sides in the Great War strove to create tensions within their enemies. And Islamic loyalties were a prime target.
Who wins Canada’s literary prizes — and why
A closer look at the Gillers, the Writer’s Trust and the Governor General awards
Madeleine Thien’s book about history’s fluidity wins a history-rich prize
She may not have taken the Man Booker, but Madeleine Thien’s ’Do Not Say We Have Nothing’ is a worthy winner of the Governor General’s Award
2016 Giller Prize winner Madeleine Thien on the writer’s life
The writer’s life is one of transport, governed by the speed of others, says Madeleine Thien
Inside Roméo Dallaire’s ongoing battle with PTSD
From 2016: Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire’s raw and emotionally devastating memoir lays bare his own inner torment
Adam Hochschild on writers who fight back against injustice
Hochschild, a co-founder of Mother Jones, on mounting extremism in the West and the authors who confront it for a living
Giller Prize nominee Gary Barwin on listening to the parrot
Gary Barwin on how a Yiddish-speaking bird led him through the unfolding plot of his latest novel
How do men age? Here’s why the answer is ’poorly’
An evolutionary biology book from Richard G. Bribiescas explains why men are doomed
Giller Prize nominee Zoe Whittall on her ’singular goal’
Zoe Whittall on the dream of spending days alone in a room, writing