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June 30, 2025Let’s Talk Books: Five Tips for Starting Your Own Book Club
I love talking about books. A lot. And for years, I wanted to be part of a book club. But there was one small problem: after taking too many English classes in university, I hate being told what to read. ...
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July 27, 2017An Interview With Catriona Wright
“You start to realize just how culturally constructed ideas of the edible vs. inedible are."Among the themes poets tend to shy away from, gastronomy lives somewhere at the top alongside rent and debt. ...
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July 28, 2017the book of ayâs: the importance of nêhiyawêwin (Cree)
kinêhiyawêwininaw tâpiskôc kakîkêkamik[our creeness is like a forever house]itê kaki-kakîkê-pawâtayahk[where we can forever dream] I wrote this today, thinking about old stories, and old places. ...
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September 13, 20172018 Kobzar Literary Award shortlist celebrates Ukrainian-Canadian Stories
The Shevchenko Foundation has announced the shortlist for the biennial $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award, which celebrates Ukrainian-Canadian writers and writing. The winner will be announced in March 2018 ...
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October 02, 2017Giller Prize List Narrows to Five Titles
The Scotiabank Giller Prize announced their 2017 shortlist this morning in Toronto, narrowing the field from the 12-title longlist to just five titles. The winner of the $100,000 fiction prize will ...
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April 12, 2016Griffin Prize Shortlist Announced, Including Debut Poet Liz Howard
The 2016 Griffin Prize shortlists were announced today, with nominees announced for both the international and Canadian prizes. The Canadian shortlist is particularly interesting, featuring both a book ...
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June 24, 2014Icym These: Some Interesting Ish from Around the Net.
1) A fascinating piece by celebrated novelist/writer Karl Ove Knausgaard about the self-loathing that has driven his lifelong desire for fame:http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes...2) Submissions Only is a ...
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April 18, 2017CBC Short Story Contest Announces Shortlist, Including Giller-Nominated Alix Hawley
The CBC Literary Prizes are some of the biggest in the country, both in terms of profile and in terms of their prizes. The awards, which partner with the Canada Council for the Arts, Air Canada, and the ...
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November 07, 2016Featured Video: Jennifer Welsh's CBC Massey Lecture Predicts More Trouble Ahead
Every year, House of Anansi Press, CBC, and Massey College work with a leading Canadian thinker to publicize and publish the CBC Massey Lecture. Subjects vary widely, but have touched on topics cultural, ...
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October 25, 2016Governor General's Literary Awards Honour Thien, Heighton, Waiser & More!
Madeleine Thien's very good year continued last night at the Governor General's Literary Awards ceremony, where Thien's Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Alfred A. Knopf Canada) was presented with the fiction ...