Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The ...

We can’t finish out May without noting that it’s National Short Story Month. And, according to an organization and website of the same name (www.shortstorymonth.com), “We are on the verge of the ...

A Don DeLillo novel; a Joy Williams short story. By Molly Young Dear readers, This week’s theme is “short and sweet”: Short sentences, short stories, a sweet spot of a prose pair, and that’s all she ...

From nearly 3,000 submissions, 30 writers from across Canada have made the 2026 CBC Short Story Prize longlist. YSL Classes ...

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Many literary masterpieces are long and wordy, But reading them can bring surprising benefits, beyond sheer pleasure. Here’s ...

Reading shouldn’t be stressful, but sometimes it’s fun to turn up the heat with a challenge to see how many books you can read in a year. Just don’t talk to us the last two weeks of December – some of ...

Of the countless short stories Stephen King has written, classics like "Survivor Type," "The Jaunt," and "Quitters, Inc." are ...

NEW BEDFORD — Aviary Books will be hosting their first Melville Short Story Marathon, featuring the stories "Bartleby the Scrivener," "The Encantadas" and "The Lightning-Rod Man" on Jan. 3. The event ...

Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers selections from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Library Associate Beth Shapiro compiled this month’s selections. In ...