St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador-based author Allison Graves’s first short story collection, Soft Serve, feels like one Canadian coming-of-age story that has been divided amongst a menu of characters.

Vuong’s first poetry book, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, tackles the burning weight of dragging an endless war with him everywhere he goes.

At a time when literary feuds mostly amount to bitter tweets, Toronto author Jean Marc Ah-Sen’s latest novel, Kilworthy Tanner, crackles with hot-tempered writers brushing up against each other at events, erupting into scuffles, and devising elaborate schemes to sabotage their rivals.

Collaborative poetry projects have experienced a surge in popularity recently.