Historical fiction: a guarantee of critical success or a trap?  

Published: 15 May 2023

For 21st century authors, the odds of writing a critical hit are much higher if the novel takes place in the past, not the present or future. Between 2000 and 2020, about three quarters of the...

Experts: Pride Month | June 2021

Published: 8 June 2021

June is Pride Month in Canada. It is a time when we celebrate diversity and LGBTQ+ communities, acknowledge their history, the hardships they have endured, and the progress that has been made. (CBC...

Experts: Escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians

Published: 13 May 2021

Israel hit three multi-storey towers as it hammered the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, and militants in the territory fired barrages of rockets at Israel, in the most severe outbreak of violence since...

Life after (and during) a PhD – a project designed to change expectations & the culture of the academy

Published: 12 June 2019

For the past four years a cross-Canada project developed by McGill University, TRaCE, has been gathering stories and data about life after (and during) a humanities PhD....

Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Published: 13 October 2016

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". (NobelPrize.org)

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