books

Wilson’s memoir, Beautiful Scars, uncovers a secret kept from him for more than 50 years

The British literary journal’s all-Canadian issue—of essays, reportage and fiction—may well prove as eye-opening at home as it will to Granta’s international readership

When scientists discover a young girl has an exceptional memory, she is forced to be a back-up information drive, saddled with over 200,000 years of human knowledge. But is the load too heavy?

Joe Hagan recounts Jann Wenner’s salacious life, Mike Spencer Brown offers a chronicle of ‘crazy’ travel and Ta-Nehisi Coates examines Black American tragedy

Plus an excerpt from her Rogers Writers’ Trust-nominated book The Last Neanderthal

Two new biographies explore the lives of the Canadian music icons

Jennifer Egan delves into historical narrative; Kevin Hardcastle tells a foreboding tale of attempted redemption; and John DeMont takes on the history of his home province

The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize has historically recognized talent early. This year is no exception.

Her new book, Unbelievable, describes what she witnessed from her front-row seat covering the craziest political display in American history

From 2017: Around the world, environmentalists have been arguing for the rights of animals and entire ecosystems in the courts—and they’re winning