Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Shani MootooTag

  • The Writers' Trust Honours Seven Writers with $270,000 in Prizes, Including Debut Authors francesca ekwuyasi & Nicholas Herring
    The Writers' Trust Honours Seven Writers with $270,000 in Prizes, Including Debut Authors francesca ekwuyasi & Nicholas Herring
    November 03, 2022

    The Writers' Trust Honours Seven Writers with $270,000 in Prizes, Including Debut Authors francesca ekwuyasi & Nicholas Herring

    Yesterday evening in Toronto, the Writers' Trust of Canada hosted publishers, writers, industry professionals, and book lovers to celebrate the best writing in Canada published in the past year. The charity ...

  • "I Recall, Reimagine, Contemplate" The Word on the Street Guest Authors Andrew Faulkner, Michael Fraser, D.A. Lockhart, & Shani Mootoo
    "I Recall, Reimagine, Contemplate" The Word on the Street Guest Authors Andrew Faulkner, Michael Fraser, D.A. Lockhart, & Shani Mootoo
    June 08, 2022

    "I Recall, Reimagine, Contemplate" The Word on the Street Guest Authors Andrew Faulkner, Michael Fraser, D.A. Lockhart, & Shani Mootoo

    The Word on the Street is a literary festival that features over 150 writers and speakers participating in readings, interviews, panels, workshops, book signings, and more. With children's programming, ...

  • Book Therapy: Shani Mootoo’s Polar Vortex
    Book Therapy: Shani Mootoo’s Polar Vortex
    March 05, 2020

    Book Therapy: Shani Mootoo’s Polar Vortex

    “The body is always in the moment. It doesn’t care if it was warmer or colder any other time. It’s concerned—a matter of survival, naturally—only with how it is in the present.”—Shani Mootoo, ...

Related tags

  • Book Therapy (1)
  • Dayne Ogilvie Prize (1)
  • Festivals (1)
  • Interviews (1)
  • Prizes (1)
  • Stacey May Fowles (1)
  • The Word on the Street (1)
  • Toronto (1)
  • Weston Prize (1)
  • Writers' Trust (1)
A festive promotional graphic with a warm reddish-brown background. On the left and right edges are illustrated holiday florals featuring red poinsettias, pine branches, berries, and greenery. Centered text reads: “Brick Books” beneath a stylized “bb” logo; “Buy 1, Get 1 Festive Get-Together Sale”; and at the bottom, “Assembly Press” with a small bell icon.

Upcoming events

January 20

Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) CXVII

January 20, 2026 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
View all

More events

January 29, 2026 @ 7:00pm - 9:30pm

The Lane Anderson Award Ceremony

A special evening honouring the best science writing in Canada today.

A festive promotional graphic with a warm reddish-brown background. On the left and right edges are illustrated holiday florals featuring red poinsettias, pine branches, berries, and greenery. Centered text reads: “Brick Books” beneath a stylized “bb” logo; “Buy 1, Get 1 Festive Get-Together Sale”; and at the bottom, “Assembly Press” with a small bell icon.
Copywell Ad
November 2025 49th Shelf Kids ad
Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
Powered by
49th shelf
Generously supported by
  • Ontario Creates
  • Canada
  • Ontario
  • Ontario Arts Council
  • Toronto Arts Council | Funded by the City of Toronto

Join Our Mailing List

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

© 2025 Open Book. All rights reserved.

  • Contact Us