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November 30, 2022Ernie Louttit's Debut Novel Follows an Indigenous WWII Veteran's Battle Against Corruption and Prejudice in Northern Ontario
Elmer Wabason and Gilbert Bertrand share a deep bond when they return to their small northern Ontario town after the brutalities of fighting in the Second World War. They're both trying to rebuild their ...
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May 31, 2023Getting to Know June Writer in Residence Suzanne Methot: the World's Best Pen & Life Without Restaurants
Talking about trauma, especially its intergenerational effects, isn't easy. But it's necessary to help survivors and especially their children process experiences and find support. Educator, activist, ...
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June 12, 2024Amanda Merpaw Explores Change, Upheaval, and the Power of Queerness in Most of All the Wanting
Change and tumult in our lives is inevitable, and it sometimes takes these events to show us who we are, and who we will become in the face of the pivotal moments that define a person.In Most of All ...
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June 14, 2024Andrew Battershill is Ready for Round Two in His New Pugilist-Mystery Novel, Pet, Pet, Slap
Back for Round 2 in novel form, boxer ‘Pillow Fist’ Pete Wilson returns to the page for a big comeback fight in Pet, Pet, Slap (Coach House Books). But has he lost his edge? Will he find the motivation ...
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October 11, 2024A Young Sleuth Arrives on the Scene in a Heartfelt Paranormal Mystery by Mikaela Lucido
Like many authors who write about young sleuths and detectives as they investigate various mysteries, Mikaela Lucido loved the atmosphere and intrigue in those stories, but had her own ideas about how ...
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January 28, 2025Grant Writing 101: Support Material
When I’m not writing books, I write grants for artists and non-profits and if my inbox is any indication, nothing says the new year like applying for grants! Let’s start 2025 with some grant funding!!!For ...
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November 06, 2017Black Tie Books: Talking Spanx, YouTube Bow-Ties, & Glamour with Guest Authors from the 2017 Writers' Trust Gala
The Writers' Trust Gala is a sparkling black tie evening that brings writers from their natural environments of coffeeshops and tiny attic offices to Toronto's Ritz Carlton Hotel. It's all for a good ...
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June 21, 2016“I Want the Blur in There,” an Interview with Hoa Nguyen.
In his introduction to Red Juice (poems 1998-2008), Anselm Berrigan describes the poetry of Hoa Nguyen as, “sonic environments made word by word, provoked by lived experience into forms that, as she ...
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December 08, 2017Books of the Year
The end of the year is predictably a time for reviewing, taking stock, and of course, lots and lots of best of lists. In the world of books, there are some pretty obvious picks—award winners, best sellers, ...
