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December 08, 2022Read an Excerpt from Booker Winning Translator Anna Moschovakis' Brilliant Near-Future Novel, Participation
Living and connecting online has become a norm for most people, particularly after pandemic restrictions forced much of our work and social lives into the digital realm. In Booker Award-winning translator ...
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September 20, 2016
The Word On The Street Interview Series: Mayank Bhatt
It's nearly time to gather at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto and celebrate Canada's amazing writing culture! The Word on the Street is this Sunday, September 25, and will feature book and magazine ...
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January 19, 2018Ele Pawelski on the Most Surprising, Awkward, and Delightful Parts of Publishing for the First Time
Ele Pawelski's debut novella, The Finest Supermarket in Kabul (Quattro Books), follows three characters in the aftermath of an explosion at the titular shop - a real event that occurred in 2011. Merza ...
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May 03, 2017The Dirty Dozen, with Julie Zwillich
Food Network junkies will recognize Julie Zwillich from Summer's Best, but it turns out she is just as talented at whipping up stories as she as with tasty dishes. Her debut children's book, Phoebe Sounds ...
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May 30, 2015
Lollipops
Last Saturday, on a beautiful, cloudy morning in Vancouver, I went for a run on the Seawall. It was no ordinary run, mind you, but day 20 of my 16-week marathon-training schedule. I was to run 14 miles: ...
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November 11, 2020Read an Excerpt from the Final Instalment of Brit Griffin's Climate Dystopia, The Winter Men III
Brit Griffin's The Wintermen series is a timely and chilling look at a world that could easily be our own in a not too distant future - ravaged by climate catastrophe and divided socially. In the final ...
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June 21, 2017Meritocracy in a Pale World
Inevitably, I find myself having this conversation:“Why does there always have to be preference or segregation? We should all be judged together and that the best literature will naturally rise to the ...
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May 27, 2020Brad Casey on Honouring Your Space, Writing From the Heart, and Handling Rejection
The linked short stories that comprise Toronto author Brad Casey's debut collection The Handsome Man (Book*hug) follow a young man as he travels through North America and Europe, falling in with a series ...
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August 30, 2017Martha Baillie's Favourite Books & Biggest Influences
Giller Prize longlisted author Martha Baillie is a favourite author to many, with her past novels, including The Search for Heinrich Schlögel and The Incident Report, attracting wide acclaim. If ...
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September 25, 2025Read an Excerpt from STRANGELY, FRIENDS, New Historical Nonfiction by Karen Dubinsky
In her latest work, historian and writer Karen Dubinsky uncovers a fascinating history that rarely makes the headlines. Strangely, Friends explores the personal and cultural connections that have tied ...
