It’s become a common complaint, but it’s always interesting to get a look at how online mega-retailer Amazon operates and…
Author: Ashley Van Elswyk
When Raziel Reid recently became the youngest ever winner of the Governor-General’s Award for children’s literature he might not have anticipated any…
It’s always interesting to find out what other people are reading. In their latest annual report, “The Hottest (and Coldest)…
The short answer? They don’t. Unless you win the lottery with a runaway bestseller, you’d better not be thinking of…
The CBC’s popular Canada Reads program is starting up again. The 2015 edition is hosted by Wab Kinew, the regular…
After upping the prize money for last year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize to $100,000, the good people at the Giller have…
There may be something a little intrusive about taking pictures of people reading on the subway, but it’s a public…
Over at Slate, editor Daniel Menaker has written a piece in praise of literary gatekeepers. This is a subject that…
When Anthony Trollope’s Autobiography (1883) was published a year after his death it shocked many of his readers and turned…
As 2014 draws to a close, we asked some of our CNQ editors and contributors to pick their favourite Canadian…