Canadian Literature

Miss Wolcott’s Ghost Review Finds Penny’s Best Plot and a Soft Middle

This Miss Wolcott’s Ghost review gives you the answer first. Louise Penny’s 21st Armand Gamache novel is a gripping, tender … Read more

The Testaments is a faster, more satisfying thriller than The Handmaid’s Tale, and a less frightening one. Margaret Atwood’s 2019 … Read more

Autobiography of Red is the 1998 verse novel by Anne Carson that turns a forgotten Greek monster into a lonely, … Read more

Did you ever feel like the world was trying to consume you, your time, your energy, your body, your very … Read more

Do you remember the last time a book made you feel like you were breathing salt water? Kelly Anderson’s debut … Read more

What if a genius decided to wipe out humanity and start over? That’s the terrifying premise of Oryx and Crake—Margaret Atwood’s prophetic … Read more

Do you ever find yourself pushing away the person who knows you best, terrified that letting them in might destroy … Read more

Did you ever wonder how memory shapes our truth, or how the stories we tell about ourselves become the very … Read more

Terror is rarely loud at the start; it creeps in like a rumor you can’t shake, and The Black Wolf … Read more

Stories don’t only explain a life—they assemble one. Margaret Atwood’s Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts shows readers how … Read more