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December 08, 2023Interdisciplinary collaboration: The highlight of my writing year
Writing can be lonely—we hear that all the time. And though I generally love working alone, this year, I’ve been working with a dancer friend on a collaborative process and it’s been one of the ...
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March 21, 2018On writing politically, or how not to make your fiction sound like a lecture
When I started writing my most recent novel, The Conjoined, I began with the idea of subverting classic crime fiction, something that I thought would be a fun bookish game. What if I could write a literary ...
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November 15, 2017Writers' Trust Honours Chariandy, Maskalyk, Schoemperlen & Others at Packed Awards Event
It has become the biggest night in Canada literary prizes, with a staggering seven prizes presented, representing more than $260,000 in award money for Canadian writers in a single evening: the Writers' ...
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June 04, 2014I'm so Hood: Toronto in Literature
The great and good Toronto Public Library recently introduced a cool new feature on their website.Toronto in Literature: Book Lists by Neighbourhood gives info – with a convenient map – on published ...
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October 11, 2017Happy (Our) Birthday To You! Enter our Gigantic Anniversary Book Giveaway Contest!
In honour of our tenth birthday here at Open Book, our generous OBPO publisher partners have donated a HUGE prize package of amazing books. So for our birthday, we want to give one of you a present!You ...
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May 27, 2016Mona Awad Wins the Amazon.ca First Novel Award for 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
Last night at a reception in Toronto, Mona Awad was awarded the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. This year was a special occasion — it is the 40th anniversary of the award (which has been sponsored by Amazon.ca ...
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May 24, 2017The Word on the Street launches Writing DiverCity Writing Contest
One of our favourite festivals, The Word On The Street Toronto, has launched its first fiction writing contest, open to writers under 35. Writing DiverCity aims to highlight the ever-growing variety and ...
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February 13, 2017Featured Video: Diane Schoemperlen on her Taylor Prize nominated Memoir
No one expects to fall in love with a killer. And no one was more surprised than Governor General's Literary Award winner Diane Schoemperlen when she became romantically involved with Shane, a man serving ...
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December 07, 2020Contest! Stuff Your Stocking with Smart, Fabulous CanLit from Invisible Publishing
Scoop up some great gifts for someone you love or just stock up for some holiday self-care cozy time: We're giving away a fabulous prize pack of books, courtesy of Invisible Publishing. Essays, short ...
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February 01, 2021Love is in the Air with Dundurn's Book of Love Valentine's Contest!
While it might feel like we're waking up in a Groundhog Day-esque loop these days, time is in fact passing – and that means, whether you love it or hate it, Valentine's Day is coming up fast. So whether ...
