The book voyeur
There may be something a little intrusive about taking pictures of people reading on the…
The new gatekeepers
Over at Slate, editor Daniel Menaker has written a piece in praise of literary gatekeepers.…
Inside the sausage factory
When Anthony Trollope’s Autobiography (1883) was published a year after his death it shocked many…
Books of the Year
As 2014 draws to a close, we asked some of our CNQ editors and contributors…
Michael Crummey’s Galore
by Jesse Jacobs
From CNQ 91, The Nostalgia Issue (Fall/Winter 2014)
Jason Guriel’s The Pigheaded Soul: Essays and Reviews on Poetry and Culture
by Bruce Whiteman
In his introduction to a selection of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling, T.S. Eliot once…
Two Poems
by Meaghan Strimas
White Rabbit, or Goods and Services Not a live one. Not a thing that sniffs…
Writing in the margins
Laura Miller has an interesting piece in Salon about the joy of writing in books:…
Interview with Michael Harris
C: Let’s say Martians visit Earth and dig up a complete series of your run…
Happy birthday, Jane
Yes, Jane Austen was born on this day in 1775. At the CBC you can…