Books

The year’s best titles, according to our books editor, range from Margaret Atwood’s latest to a study of Jack the Ripper’s victims

Unlike good crime fiction, true crime stories are often more lurid, and document shoddy police work

The season’s offerings include a wonderstruck look at the human body and an exciting new le Carré

We spoke with the winners of all seven 2019 English-language Governor General’s Literary Awards. Here’s what they had to say about the honour, and how their work fits in with the Canadian narrative today.

When Paul Seesequasis started posting archival images on social media to shine a light on the resilience of Indigenous communities, thousands of people responded

A new book tells the story of the greatest wolf who ever lived, and the one greater than him

John Geddes: As Trump keeps going lower, out-of-fashion theorist Northrop Frye explains all the shrieking—and even shows a way past it to democratic renewal

The No Logo author talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes and how she finds hope

Humans are easily misled by con men and just as prone to misjudge people who act outside the norm. We really do need to learn to do better, argues the renowned author.

In her much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, the renowned author takes her anti-woman dystopia to the age of Trump