Literature

On Thursday, March 23, Queen’s department of English celebrated author Suzette Mayr and her Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel, The Sleeping Car Porter.

Quilt launched its third volume on Tuesday at The Grad Club to wild applause.

None of This Is Serious by Catherine Prasifka explores the existential reality of living amid looming catastrophe in a 277-page novel following Sophie, a recent university graduate, as she navigates friendship, anxiety, and the meaning of life.

The Kingston creative writing community came together at The Merchant on Monday, Feb. 13, to celebrate A Is for Acholi, a poetry collection by Queen’s Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and English Juliane Okot Bitek.

When craving a complete escape from the realness found in the pages of some novels, immerse yourself in Taylor Jenkin Reid’s, Daisy Jones & The Six.

Language is one of the first skills we develop as little humans.

Talented Kingston-based author and Queen’s alumni Iain Reid published his third novel We Spread on Sept. 27 via Simon & Schuster.

Kingston WritersFest returned this past weekend, hosting a wide variety of authors and events for the Kingston community.

Reading for school doesn’t have to be boring, but all too often, class reading lists make even the keenest students go for a snooze.

The old saying tells us not to judge a book by its cover, but we’ve been doing exactly that for centuries. From medieval manuscripts to 1980s high fantasy, book covers have long been a visual expression of a book’s content and significance.

Tucked away in Elgin, Ontario, Smokii Sumac spent two weeks at Queen’s Biological Station (QUBS)—the university’s wildlife research centre—in the company of two well-established Canadian authors.