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October 14, 2021Canada Council Announces 2021 Governor General's Literary Award Finalists
This morning the Canada Council announced the English and French language finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards. The seven categories cover multiple genres. The fiction list is often compared ...
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November 01, 2017Governor General's Literary Awards Winners Announced
The 2017 winners of the dignified elder statesmen of Canadian literary awards, the Governor General's, were announced on Wednesday. The awards were established in 1936 and serve to recognize writers ...
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January 08, 2020Canada Reads Announces 2020 Longlist: Billy-Ray Belcourt, Megan Gail Coles, Stéphane Larue Among Those Included
CBC Books has released the longlist for its annual Canada Reads competition, and this year is stacked with powerful books from Ontario indie publishers, including Billy Ray Becourt's NDN Coping Mechanisms ...
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June 19, 2019Toronto Public Library & City of Toronto Announce 45th Annual Toronto Book Awards Longlist
Toronto is riding high right now as champion city. Just in time, the City of Toronto and the Toronto Public Library have given us a reason to keep on celebrating Toronto talent - off the court and on ...
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March 09, 2020Fill Out Our Readership Survey to Win $100 In Books!
Do you love surveys? Do you love spending money at book stores?If you answered yes to at least one of those questions, we're inviting you to participate in our Open Book Readership Survey!We're always ...
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June 30, 2021City of Toronto Announces Multi-Genre Toronto Book Award Longlist
Every year, the City of Toronto awards one book its top honour: the Toronto Book Award. Longtime residents may remember the plaques inset in the sidewalk near Queen Street West and Spadina Avenue that ...
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April 29, 2022Book Therapy: Good Mom on Paper
“Children require their parents to search for small moments of peace or grace or dignity. Maybe we can treat creativity the same way: creating the one true thing within a project that is otherwise just ...
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June 03, 2024The 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Finalists Discuss Their Work
In just a few days, the Griffin Poetry Prize will hand out the largest monetary poetry award in the world to one special book and it's author(s). Each year, we cover the prize by featuring a roundtable ...
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April 16, 2021League of Canadian Poets Announces 2021 Prize Shortlists
Yesterday, the League of Canadian Poets announced their shortlists for three literary awards. Timed to coincide with the celebration of National Poetry Month, the LCP's prizes reward talented poets in ...
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January 06, 2020RBC Taylor Prize Announcing 2020 Shortlist Wednesday
Finalists for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize will be revealed at a Toronto press conference on Wednesday, January 8, trustees for the Charles Taylor Foundation have announced.This year's shortlist will feature ...
