“His wig and the heels of his clown shoes added some height, but Alice could reach his throat in a moment, if need be.”

CanLit has become less about art and aesthetics than about morality and politics.

“Canada Reads” isn’t about literature, or discovering good books; it’s about what’s socially edifying, and new.

“Black Star” is one of the better entries in a string of recent novels featuring protagonists losing their grip on reality.

Classes, conversations, and readings are the lifeblood of Toronto’s poetry-only bookshop.

Alberto Manguel’s 1991 Canadian anthology, “Canadian Mystery Stories.”

Sometimes the bartenders fill shot glasses until the liquid bubbles above the rim and it’s impossible lift them without dripping.…

Sheep, penguins, and military history all play roles in the remote archipelago’s reinvention of itself.