Joel Thomas Hynes Knows Himself Better Than He Thinks

Joel Thomas Hynes comes from a small town called Calvert along the Southern Shore of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula. Hemmed in by spruce and rock, a collapsed fishery, a disgraced church — the usual fixings. (more…)

Summer is Short — The Video

HarperPerennial in the US created a kick-ass video for Summer is Short read a story. Put your hands up, indeed.

From the British Library to Loose Women

An international bestseller, Emma Donoghue’s Slammerkin started off as a short story. Here, the author outlines how it grew into a worldwide sensation. (more…)

Deafening as Modern Classic: Frances Itani

Frances Itani wrote this wonderful piece about the evolution of her novel Deafening how the seven-year journey to its publication changed her forever. (more…)

Not Lost in Translation: 10 Books

This month’s feature “Not Lost in Translation” where we’re encouraging Perennial readers to discover (or rediscover) the classics  — and even discover some modern ones — with these books, all of which have been translated from their original languages. (more…)

Frances Itani’s “Bolero”

The first in our collection of Summer is Short stories that will appear on the website over the next few months, please enjoy “Bolero.” (more…)

Summer is Short — Read a Story

HarperPerennial celebrates the short story this summer. Buy some. Read some. Talk some. (more…)

The Plague of Doves

Louise Erdrich

The unsolved murder of a farm family still haunts the white small town of Pluto, North Dakota, generations after the vengeance exacted and the distortions of fact transformed the lives of Ojibwe living on the nearby reservation. (more…)

On Creativity and the Unconscious

Sigmund Freud

This book brings together Freud’s important essays on the many expressions of creativity—including art, literature, love, dreams, and spirituality. (more…)

Love Begins in Winter

Simon Van Booy (more…)