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

Metcalf in the Moment
by Alex Good
CanLit has become less about art and aesthetics than about morality and politics.

No Country for Old Books
by Brian Busby
“Canada Reads” isn’t about literature, or discovering good books; it’s about what’s socially edifying, and new.

John Miller’s Wild and Beautiful is the Night
by Paige Cooper
In John Miller’s third novel, two women from divergent backgrounds find themselves on the streets of Toronto working in the sex trade.

Knife | Fork | Book
by Michael Melgaard
Classes, conversations, and readings are the lifeblood of Toronto’s poetry-only bookshop.

The Mystery-Anthology Mystery Solved?
By Brian Busby
Alberto Manguel’s 1991 Canadian anthology, “Canadian Mystery Stories.”

“Inventory”
By Kayla Czaga
Sometimes the bartenders fill shot glasses until the liquid bubbles above the rim and it’s impossible lift them without dripping.…

The New Battle For the Falklands
by Kate Sherren
Sheep, penguins, and military history all play roles in the remote archipelago’s reinvention of itself.