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June 21, 2018
Tweet Tweet: 14 Things: Redacted
I am a strong believer of three things:writing is a privilegesometimes you get it wrongthe best writing is in the revision writing is a privilegeTwo summers ago, I published an essay about my child ...
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August 05, 2020Giller Foundation Donates $25,000 to Indigenous Literary Studies Association and Diaspora Dialogues
The Giller Foundation announced yesterday they will be making donations of $25,000 each to the Indigenous Literary Studies Association and Diaspora Dialogues, two organizations dedicated to supporting ...
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March 10, 2017
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me about Becoming a Writer #2: Elisabeth de Mariaffi
In my early 30s I went back to school to do my MFA at the University of Guelph-Humber. I was afraid I'd be older than everyone else in my cohort, and thus I was happy to meet a contemporary in Ken Babstock's ...
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May 24, 2016Form Blurbs for Your Friends' Books
"From page one, this book had me enraptured. I could barely wait to turn to page two. I can say with complete certainty that pages 3-10 were equally incredible, and think we can all agree that's all you ...
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June 21, 2017Melanie Mah and Meaghan Strimas Win the 2017 Trillium Book Awards!
Last night in Toronto, debut novelist Melanie Mah won the 2017 Trillium Book Award for The Sweetest One (Cormorant Books). The award, presented by the Ontario Media Development Corporation, honours the ...
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June 07, 2017Contest! Tell us your favourite nominated book to win a Trillium Award prize pack!
The Trillium Awards honour excellence in Ontario literature, boasting a back catalogue of winners that includes Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, and Margaret Atwood, amongst other luminaries. This year's ...
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June 06, 2017On Writing, with paulo da costa
The idiom "small is beautiful" is often true in fiction - from short stories to microfiction, sometimes the briefest glimpses into an imagined world are the most arresting. The Midwife of Torment & ...
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November 05, 2020Western Canada Dominates CBC Poetry Prize Shortlist
It's another good day for Western Canada with the announcement of the shortlist for the CBC Poetry Prize. With five finalists (four of whom count their homes in Alberta or farther west), it's an intriguing ...
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November 10, 2020Souvankham Thammavongsa Wins 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Debut Story Collection
Last night in an online broadcast, Souvankham Thammavongsa was named the winner of the $100,000 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her debut short story collection How To Pronounce Knife (McClelland ...
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May 28, 2021Michelle Good Wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award for Her Multi-Award Nominated Debut, Five Little Indians
Michelle Good's Five Little Indians (HarperCollins Canada) was undoubtedly one of the biggest books of 2020, snagging nominations for two of the largest fiction awards in the country: the Scotiabank ...