Kaiju are the heroes we deserve.

The simple love of dogs.

Theft, death and don't-mess-with-me expressions—unlocking the family portrait.

Kelsea O'Connor on queer lovers, gothic horror and fairy tale themes.

Anson Ching on survival in the North.

Outlet Malls, Janis Joplin, The Godfather and Taco Bell—on the scent of Ameryka.

Anson Ching on a storyteller.

Michael Hayward on an anthology of noir fiction set in neighbourhoods around Vancouver.

Mary Schendlinger on Fay Weldon's 48th or 53rd book, After the Peace.

Kris Rothstein on a book written by a book nerd, for book nerds about a book nerd.

Michał Kozłowski on the ineffable Beverly Glenn-Copeland.

Unreliable narrator, post-modernist self-reference and contemporary literary references—Michael Hayward on the nature of the autobiography.

Kelsea O'Connor on the comprehensive biography of Edward Gorey.

Kris Rothstein on Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

Kris Rothstein on a no-nonsense Irish heroine.

Jocelyn Kuang on what it is to be a normal person.