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The Lucky Seven Interview, with Claire Fuller

In Claire Fuller's Swimming Lessons (House of Anansi Press), the truth is in the books -- literally. When Ingrid Coleman disappears, her husband Gil, is blindsided. What he doesn't know is that his ...

Introduction, Academic Language & my dislike of genre

Greetings,My name is Dane Swan and I'll be your Writer in Residence for February. I'm sure that it's just coincidence that I'm the Writer in Residence for February, but since it is Black History month ...

Open History - Excerpt from Firing Lines: Three Canadian Women Write the First World War

This Open History post is an excerpt from Firing Lines: Three Canadian Women Write the First World War by Debbie Marshall. Published by Dundurn Press. From Dundurn Press:"Read between the front lines: ...

CBC Announces Canada Reads Panellists & Books Line Up, Including Giller Winner Fifteen Dogs!

It's one of the biggest bumps a Canadian book can get: inclusion in CBC's popular battle of the books, Canada Reads.Today the national broadcaster announced their 2017 line up for the competition, in ...

Poets in Profile: February Writer-in-Residence Dane Swan

We're excited to introduce our February 2017 writer-in-residence, Dane Swan, whose most recent book, A Mingus Lullaby (Guernica Editions), is a fascinating poetic examination of musician, composer ...

Exit Interview

For my last interview, I thought I'd turn the tables and ask someone else to interview me. Since he was also in the midst of leaving a position (admittedly one of much vaster scale), I sent my books ...

IFOA Book Club Returns with Zoe Whittall, Farzana Doctor & More!

The International Festival of Authors is bringing back their popular book club, a unique literary event that features Canadian writers discussing not their own work, but a book that has influenced and ...

Prizewinner / Prizefighter

I don't know how many people you personally know that have won more than one Governor General's Literary Award, but I know only one. His name is Lazer Lederhendler. A celebrated and much sought after ...

Tribute to Ed Yanofsky

No, no, Ed Yanofsky's not dead.He just happens to be retiring. And... retired.The retirement is recent. After promoting writers and literary events for the University of Toronto Bookstore, Ed worked for ...

Zero Sum Game

Kenneth J. Harvey's artistic resume runs the length of your arm. For someone who has achieved so much, in the realms of literature and filmmaking, you'd be surprised at how strong his feelings are about ...