Fiction

Sarah Bernstein has won the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Study for Obedience.The $100,000 prize is the richest in Canadian literature. (Knopf Canada)Bernstein is a Montreal-born author and creative writing teacher currently…

"Justin definitely wasn't happy about the pregnancy," writes Britney Spears in her new memoir, The Woman in Me, reminiscing about her short-lived relationship with fellow musician Justin Timberlake. "And so I'm sure people will hate me for…

If you have yet to dive into Jazmina Barrera’s Cross-Stitch—a young mother’s reflections on youth, the passage of time, and the meaning of female friendship, blending Sally Rooney-esque interpersonal chaos with a clean, graceful prose…

Calgary writer Suzette Mayr and Ontario writer Iain Reid are among the finalists for the 2023 Governor General's Literary Awards.The prizes, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, are awarded in seven English-language categories: …

Going through Kunal Basu’s recent collection of stories titled ‘Filmi Stories’ is like going through a part-by-part manuscript of a Bollywood film that you simply cannot get enough of. More than a dozen years after ‘The Japanese Wife’ took…

Cord Jefferson's American Fiction has won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.The satire about race and personal agency was announced as the winner during a TIFF awards breakfast on Sunday morning,…

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Don't you love that refreshing, zingy burst of flavour that comes with a sprinkle of mint? It's truly magical, isn't it? Cocktail, lemonade, salad and raita, add mint to anything and they will taste better. But mint is more than just a…

Curated By: Shankhyaneel SarkarLast Updated: July 15, 2023, 14:02 ISTLondon, United Kingdom (UK)At least 100 tourists and staff were stuck in crime fiction writer Agatha Christie's holiday home in Devon. (Image: National Trust UK)A large…

A friend asked me recently how I managed to read all the things I recommend in my Friday newsletter.Was this newsletter a collective effort, he asked? Was there some committee of like-minded readers who consumed a great deal of material and…