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

In Karaikhola Flows (Mawenzi House), Saraswoti Lamichhane intimately explores Himalayan village life, tracing how education, migration, and tradition reshape what is possible, especially for women.The ...

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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 ...

May 01, 2026

Maggie Helwig wins 2026 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has named Maggie Helwig the winner of the 2026 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for her book Encampment. The prize, presented at the annual Politics and the ...

April 30, 2026

CBC Unveils the 2026 Short Story Prize Finalists

Five writers have been named finalists for the CBC Short Story Prize, selected from nearly 3,000 submissions from across the country. The announcement comes from CBC Books, in partnership with the Canada ...

April 30, 2026

Read an Excerpt from Some Fascinating New Nonfiction in READING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER

Personal archive and literary study dovetail in Reading with My Grandmother (Wilfrid Laurier University Press), a new nonfiction title from author and academic Lindsay Diehl that shifts gears deftly ...

April 29, 2026