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October 31, 2015
The Thing That Terrifies Me the Most About Writing
It came out of me the in a journal entry the other day, a fear I know has been swimming around inside for years now, but one that I never fully articulated, or maybe even fully acknowledged, until it ...
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October 30, 2015
How to Start an Author Blog
A lot’s been made about “author platforms” over the past few years. Marketers love jargon and “platform” is just another word for presence.“The line between writer and creative entrepreneur ...
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May 06, 2021"Poetry Changes the Way I Think" Sarah Burgoyne on Exit Poems, Trashing Drafts, & Why Humour Belongs in Poetry
Sometimes an unexpected combination can create a perfect, alchemical kind of reaction. Sarah Burgoyne, whose out-of-the-box literary creativity was beautifully displayed in her acclaimed debut collection Saint ...
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February 15, 2022Excerpt Month: Battle the Darkness with Maude Barlow's Still Hopeful, a Memoir of Activism & Inspiration
If asked to find a word to describe our current point in history, few would immediately land on "hopeful". But for Maude Barlow, former senior water advisor to the UN General Assembly, lifelong activist, ...
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July 30, 2020Read an Excerpt from Bahar Orang's Where Things Touch: A Meditation on Beauty
Author Bahar Orang's Where Things Touch: A Meditation on Beauty (Book*hug), is an exploration of beauty and its role in the human experience: what we love, care for, and value. Part essay, part poetry, ...
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July 02, 2024Promoting Your Book Online: Avoiding Burnout
Does anyone else remember back in the mists of time when you didn’t know your favourite writer had a book coming out until you saw it on the shelf? You may have attended a reading or read an interview ...
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February 20, 2026Ray Robertson Defends the Act of Independent Thinking in THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG
In an era that prizes certainty and punishes dissent, disagreement has begun to feel like a moral failure. Prolific author Ray Robertson's new nonfiction title, The Right to Be Wrong (Cormorant Books), ...
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September 18, 2017Contest! Get Cultured with The Word on the Street!
Do you have many leather-bound books? Does your apartment smell of rich mahogany? If you want to max out on culture, enter our newest contest with The Word on the Street to win books that cover music, ...
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October 02, 2017Giller Prize List Narrows to Five Titles
The Scotiabank Giller Prize announced their 2017 shortlist this morning in Toronto, narrowing the field from the 12-title longlist to just five titles. The winner of the $100,000 fiction prize will ...
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February 05, 2018Contest! Celebrate Love in All its Forms with a Huge Brick Books Prize Pack
You know it's February when the paper hearts begin to climb the walls of shops and restaurants. But love is more than Valentine's Day - and it's more than just the romantic version. From lost love to ...
