literary
Iain Reid Is Canada’s Next Big Author
The comparison to Stephen King may be a touch lazy, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fair.
A Pro Skater Has Written the First Good Skateboarding Book for Kids
Karl Watson's 'My First Skateboard' is the best way to introduce your whippersnapper to the magical world of shred sleds.
Legendary Poet Eileen Myles’s New Book Is 'a Dog Memoir'
'Afterglow' is a book about dogs, narrated in part by Myles's dead pitbull, Rosie.
Author Joseph Boyden sorry for being the 'go-to' on Indigenous issues
Acclaimed author Joseph Boyden has issued an apology for being "too vocal" on many Indigenous issues.
What Colour Is Your Beadwork, Joseph Boyden?
He’s one of Canada’s biggest literary stars. But who is he really?
2015 Was the Year the Literary Versus Genre War Ended
Here are 11 great books that showed how the decades-old "literary or genre" question is now history.
2015 Was the Year the Literary Versus Genre War Ended
Here are 11 great books that showed how the decades-old "literary or genre" question is now history.
Three Books Blurring the Borders of Memory and Reality
Lately I've been finding it hard to trust what I read unless it makes an attempt at caving in the borders between the page and the world beyond.
New Zealand Just Banned a Book for the First Time in 22 Years
"Into the River" has been banned because of its depiction of drug use and underage sex. But author Ted Dawe feels it's a worrying example of the power of the country's conservative agenda.
Step Inside a Book Labyrinth Shaped Like Borges' Fingerprint
250,000 books were sculpted into a maze by artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo.
VICE sits down for a chat with the Norwegian author of the six-volume, novelized memoir 'My Struggle.'
VICE sits down for a chat with the Norwegian author of the six-volume, novelized memoir My Struggle.
[Exclusive] Visualizing 36 Years of Iranian Literary Censorship
Talking to Small Media about their interactive visualization of Iran's literary censorship from the 1979 revolution through to today.