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Banner for the Writers' Trust of Canada 2026 Rising Stars program. The top section features the program title in large text with a decorative starburst icon, alongside text reading 'Five early-career writers. Five celebrated mentors. One year of support to shape what's next.' and the URL writerstrust.com/RisingStars. A faded forest landscape appears in the background. Below are five portrait photographs of the selected writers arranged in a row: Aaron Chan from Vancouver, BC; Curtis John McRae from Senneville, QC; Cassandra Myers from Richmond Hill, ON; Vinh Nguyen from Toronto, ON; and Siavash Saadlou from Coquitlam, BC. A coral-colored footer displays program benefits: '$5,000 PRIZE • PERSONALIZED MENTORSHIP • TWO-WEEK WRITING RESIDENCY.

The Writers' Trust Unveils the Rising Stars of 2026!

Five emerging Canadian writers are getting a major career boost this spring as Writers’ Trust of Canada announces its 2026 Writers’ Trust Rising Stars cohort.The annual program pairs early-career ...

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The Finalists Have Been Named for the 2026 Amazon First Novel Award

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Read an Excerpt from KARAIKHOLA FLOWS, the Exciting Debut Poetry Collection by Saraswoti Lamichhane

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Read an Excerpt from DOUBLES, the New Novella by Nora Gold

In the new novella, Doubles (Guernica Editions), prize-winning author Nora Gold centres the voice of a twelve-year-old girl navigating life inside a 1968 institution for troubled youth, where intelligence ...

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