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September 27, 2022Giller Prize Shortlist Announced, Including a Debut Novel & Two Nods for Coach House Books
This morning during an event in Toronto which took place, appropriately, at The Jack Rabinovitch Reading Room at the Toronto Reference Library, the Scotiabank Giller Prize announced its 2022 shortlist. ...
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June 17, 2020On Reclaiming Brokenness and Refusing the Violence of ‘Recovery Narratives’
I’m working on this essay when a friend texts me. His therapist suggested he write a list of things that he likes about himself but the picture that shows up on my phone is just a blank page.“Having ...
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June 06, 2016#WritingTips Mondays: Sir Andrew Motion on How to be a Successful Poet
Sir Andrew Motion is one of the UK's most influential and acclaimed poets. He served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009, and was one of Philip Larkin's literary executors (later ...
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March 24, 2017
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Becoming a Writer #5: Greg Kearney
Greg Kearney is a playwright, novelist , short story writer and humour writer. His latest book, The Desperates, was shortlisted for a LAMBDA, and is a really smart, hilarious and outrageous book. Greg ...
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October 13, 2016The Entitled Interview, with Aaron Kreuter
Aaron Kreuter's debut collection, Arguments for Lawn Chairs (Guernica Editions) is filled with poems that take contemporary themes and references in unexpected, playful directions. From Dumbledore ...
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December 29, 201617 for 2017: Trish Salah recommends AKA Inendagosekwe
13. AKA Inendagosekwe by Marie Annharte Baker recommended by Trish SalahThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish ...
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January 01, 201717 for 2017: Wanda Nanibush recommends The Winter We Danced
15. The Winter We Danced edited by The Kino-nda-niimi Collective recommended by Wanda NanibushThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books ...
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June 12, 2018Contest! Win A Prize Pack of Essential Women Poets' Work from Porcupine's Quill
The Porcupine's Quill's Essential Poets series highlights some of the most exciting, innovative, and (of course) essential poets in Canada. Don't let your poetry section languish without these titles...The ...
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March 23, 2020Griffin Poetry Prize Planning Online Announcement of Shortlist and Winners
The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry has announced that they will be shelving this year's Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist readings and awards ceremony due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19. The events, ...
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October 05, 2020Giller Shortlist Day: Past Winners Announce 5-Title List
In a live online announcement this morning, five past winners of the Scotiabank Giller Prize announced the 2020 shortlist for the prize.Two-time winner Esi Edugyan kicked things off, followed by Sean ...
