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Endling by Maria Reva wins 2026 Amazon Canada First Novel Award (Knopf Canada)Endling by Maria Reva wins 2026 Amazon Canada First Novel Award (Knopf Canada)

Amazon Canada and The Walrus are pleased to announce that this year’s winner of the Amazon Canada First Novel Award is Maria Reva for Endling.

Learn more about the winning novel and the entire shortlist.

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This week on What Happened Next, host Nathan Whitlock is joined by Tessa McWatt. Her most recent book, The Snag: A Mother, a Forest and Wild Grief, was published by Random House Canada in 2025. Tessa talks to Nathan about the recent racist riots and violence in the UK, about writing books that are distinctly anti-cozy, and about how, as someone who now lives and teaches in England, she is desperate to go on a long canoe trip.

Conversations about accessibility are often framed around legislation and accommodations, but the stories we tell about disability can be equally powerful in shaping how accessibility is perceived and lived. Human rights lawyer and DEIAB consultant Prasanna Ranganathan argues that accessibility requires more than policy change—it demands new narratives that allow us to imagine the inclusive world we seek to build. Ranganathan spoke at The Walrus Talks AccessAbility in Toronto on May 26, 2026.


On this episode of Courage Inc., from Deloitte and The Walrus Lab, Michael Lee-Chin discusses Canada’s opportunity to lead in clean energy and how that leadership can become a powerful engine for long-term wealth creation. Hear how strategic investment in sectors such as nuclear innovation, clean technology, advanced healthcare and building our indigenous business’ can strengthen Canadian sovereignty, build institutional resilience, and create lasting economic value for generations to come.




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  • A black-and-white Farah Ghafoor against a pink background The Worms - The worms continue / to pay us no mind, silently weaving air / into the earth’s torn lungs by Farah Ghafoor

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