Deborah Dundas

Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir - these are the books the Star’s books editor can’t wait to read in the first half of 2024

Toronto poet Canisia Lubrin’s first work of fiction, “Code Noir,” subverts the infamous code dictating the lives of slaves, decreed by King Louis XIV.

The former CBC radio host of Writers and Company has spent her career interviewing international writers. Now, she’s chair of the jury that’s going to hand out an $86,000 prize.

The storied Canadian writer’s new book is “A Year of Last Things” - his readers have been waiting for it for almost 20 years.

From Salman Rushdie’s memoir “Knife,” about the attack that nearly killed him, to Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’ highly anticipated “Closer Together,” these are the books you won’t want to miss this

From Salman Rushdie’s memoir “Knife,” about the attack that nearly killed him, to Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’ highly anticipated “Closer Together,” these are the books you won’t want to miss this

“I didn’t want to be just the guy who got stabbed,” says Rushdie. Writing was his way of fighting back.

Wildfires, modern lovers and one dead bastard all feature in some of the season’s best reads.

The actor hopes his debut novel, “The Book of Elsewhere,” co-written with China Miéville, is both profound and thrilling.

There is “a growing inequality in the arts with increasingly expensive or exclusive performances where ordinary people on the outside are left to gawp at the beautiful people and art