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April 13, 2020
Access Copyright Extends Canadian Writers' Emergency Relief Fund With $100,000 Donation
These days, any good news is a welcome distraction. And for Canadian writers affected by the Coronavirus outbreak, this is good news indeed!A generous $100,000 donation from licensing organization Access ...
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November 06, 2019
Writers' Trust of Canada Awards 2019: Jenny Heijun Wills, André Alexis, Rawi Hage Among Those Honoured
Canada celebrated the best of its literary community last night as the 2019 Writers' Trust Awards took place at the CBC's Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. Seven literary awards and over $260,000 were presented ...
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March 31, 2017
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Being a Writer #11: Andrew Westoll
Andrew Westoll is an award-winning writer and former primatologist, author of the bestselling memoir The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary. His new novel is The Jungle South of the Mountain. Andrew is a professor ...
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November 08, 2017
The Year of Eden Robinson: Writers' Trust Names Son of A Trickster Author as $50,000 Fellowship Winner
Eden Robinson has attracted literary acclaim throughout her career, with lauded books like Monkey Beach and Traplines, but 2017 has proved an especially auspicious year for her, with her newest book Son ...
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September 21, 2016
The Writers' Trust Announces Intriguing and Unexpected Shortlist for $25,000 Rogers Fiction Prize
We're now firmly in literary prize season, and the lists are coming thick and fast. The second of the three big annual fiction lists was announced today by the Writers' Trust of Canada — the venerable ...
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June 09, 2016
Writers' Trust Names Rising Literary Star Brendan Bowles Winner of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award
The Writers’ Trust's RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers has an enviably accurate track record of picking out CanLit's rising stars. Last night, they honoured Toronto writer Brendan Bowles ...
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May 01, 2017
UPDATE - EXTENDED DEADLINE! Call for Submissions: What's Your Story? Short Prose and Poetry Competition for Emerging Writers
UPDATE!**The deadline for the 2nd What's Your Story? Short Prose and Poetry Competition for Emerging Writers has been extended to Monday, May 8, 2017!**Do you live in Toronto? Are you an emerging writer ...
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March 13, 2017
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Becoming a Writer #9: Monica Heisey
Some years in the writing life are better than others. A few years ago I was having a bad one. My draft of The Best Kind of People wasn't working out. I wasn't sure it was ever going to be good enough ...
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April 14, 2021
CBC Books Announces 33 Writers Longlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize
This morning, CBC Books announced the 33-name longlist for their prestigious CBC Short Story Prize. One of the biggest short fiction awards in the country, and arguably the biggest open to any writer ...
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September 08, 2021
Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist Announced, including Writer-in-Residence Angélique Lalonde's Debut Collection
It's a nerve-wracking and exciting morning for writers and publishers across the country as the Scotiabank Giller Prize announces their 2021 longlist. The 12-title list is a nod to the books that will ...