Don’t forget the chess matches!). As poignant and well-observed as we’ve come to expect from Rooney, Intermezzo makes a strong case that the Irish author has many more hits left to offer us.” Critical ...

Stories feature characters whose malevolence hides loneliness at being cast out by society ...

CBC Books named We Spread one of the best works of Canadian fiction in 2022. Iain Reid writes about what frightens him Iain Reid is an author from Kingston, Ont.

Like, I hope, most people who read this section, I love a good literary polemic. Remember a few years back, when critic Philip Marchand, in a Saturday Night article titled What I Really Think ...

Reading literary fiction can lead to better decision-making, study finds Lead author Maja Djikic said the findings have particular repercussions for our schools, where she notes a “dangerous ...

The prizes, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, are awarded in seven English-language categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature — text, young people's ...