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December 21, 2016The Proust Questionnaire, with Jane Ozkowski
Jane Ozkowski was the winner of House of Anansi’s Broken Social Scene Story Contest, which invited writers to submit works inspired by the band's iconic You Forgot It In People album. The contest ...
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December 20, 2016The Dirty Dozen, with Jen Sookfong Lee
Author and broadcaster Jen Sookfong Lee's newest novel The Conjoined (ECW Press) is being praised as both gorgeously written and compulsively readable. It opens with an unforgettable premise when Jessica ...
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December 18, 201617 for 2017: Lauren Berlant recommends Long Division and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
7. Long Division and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon recommended by Lauren BerlantThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list ...
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December 15, 2016The In Character Interview, with Philippa Dowding
Philippa Dowding's wildly creative, wonderfully strange stories are the kind of books that turn young readers into book lovers. With pages full of lovable misfits and regular kids caught up in otherworldly ...
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December 14, 20165 Ways to Show Some Love to the Little Known Author in Your Life
Chances are you probably know an author. Maybe they published a book a few years ago or maybe their book is quite recent. Unless they won a major award this year (and even if they did) they’re probably ...
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December 14, 2016Madeleine Thien on Language, Music, and Asking the Unaskable
2016 has been Madeleine Thien's year. It's not often that the world of writing and publishing can agree so enthusiastically on a writer's achievements, but Thien's breathtaking Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Knopf ...
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December 13, 2016CanLit's Next Generation: The 2016 Winners of IFOA's Write Across Ontario Student Writing Competition!
Every year, IFOA Ontario's Write Across Ontario student writing competition invites young authors across the province to submit their best work and show us what CanLit has to look forward to. We at Open ...
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December 12, 2016
Kid Lit Can: What’s So Funny about Kids’ Books? Part 2
Welcome back to part 2 of my funny Q and A blog. With funny authors. About funny children’s and YA books.Please welcome these four talented and very funny children’s and YA writers who have generously ...
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December 11, 201617 for 2017: Casey Mecija recommends Tropical Renditions: Making Musical Scenes in Filipino America
5. Tropical Renditions: Making Musical Scenes in Filipino America by Christine Bacareza Balance recommended by Casey Mecija.Throughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling ...
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December 08, 2016The Proust Questionnaire, with Gianna Patriarca
Gianna Patriarca's story collection All My Fallen Angelas (Inanna Publications) spans the decades from the 60s to the present day, telling the stories of a memorable cast of Italian-Canadian women living ...
