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June 28, 2016The WAR Series: Writers As Readers, with Sue Sinclair
Sue Sinclair's Heaven's Thieves (Brick Books) gets right to the heart of the questions that drive us. What is beauty? What is the point of art? How are we meant to live, and how do we engage with the ...
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August 09, 2016The In Character Interview with Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler
A bizarre illness, mysterious fossils, and professional rivalries combine in 1872 North Ontario in Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler's Wrist (Kegedonce Press), an Indigenous monster story. A hundred years later, ...
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October 11, 2018David Chariandy wins the 2018 Toronto Book Award
Last night at the Toronto Reference Library, in front of an audience of avid readers and members of the publishing community, David Chariandy won the Toronto Book Award for his second, critically acclaimed ...
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September 19, 2018Ontario's Vibrant Voices: Talking to The Word on the Street Authors Lezlie Lowe, Rabindranath Maharaj, & Merilyn Simonds
The Word on the Street Toronto's Vibrant Voices of Ontario stage is a perennial favourite with festival goers, packed as it is with some of the brightest, most talented literary voices in the province. ...
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June 25, 2019A Few Key Things Every Newly Published Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators Should Know!
The title says it all, guys! Here’s a roundup of a bunch of things that newly published authors and illustrators should know. Whether it’s resources on negotiating contracts or where to do research ...
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November 20, 2019"When One Is Always Looking out for a Poem, the World Begins to Speak" Mohineet Kaur Boparai on the Craft and Mysticism of Poetry
Mohineet Kaur Boparai's newest collection of poetry, Polychromasia (Mawenzi House), tackles the many different shades and frequencies of life, both in India and abroad. Issues of love, caste, patriarchy ...
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June 02, 2016On Writing, with Nadia Bozak
Nadia Bozak's gorgeous collection of linked short stories, Thirteen Shells (House of Anansi), is drawing tons of praise, including comparisons to Alice Munro, for its deft rendering of a young girl coming ...
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August 31, 2012On Editing, with Anita Chong
On Editing is our newest interview series at Open Book, giving us the chance to speak to the great editors who help writers shape their work into the very best version of itself.Today we're pleased to ...
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March 16, 2017Special Feature: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Publishing with Room Magazine
Room magazine (originally titled A Room of One's Own) is one of Canada's leading literary journals. During its 40 years in operation, it has been dedicated to publishing writers and artists who identify ...
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August 21, 2017Publishing the Unpublished
A closer look at an instigating moment in Canadian booksThe evening of June 22, Harbourfront Centre hosted a special International Festival of Authors event. Though the series is best known for presenting ...