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February 13, 2017
Featured 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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June 26, 2017
Contest! Win Required Feminist YA Summer Reading from Inanna
YA (young adult) books aren't just for young readers - indeed, they tell us as much (and sometimes more) about ourselves as adult novels, honing in a complicated, influential time in a character's life. ...
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June 19, 2017
Contest! Love the Planet with Environmental Books from Wilfrid Laurier University Press
If you are interested in (or alarmed by) the issues facing our natural world, Wilfrid Laurier University Press has some great books to add to your summer reading list. We're excited to announce that ...
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January 18, 2021
Contest - Anansi Asks: So You Want to Talk About the World? Enter to Win Books That Will Keep You in the Know
In addition to their award winning poetry and fiction programme, House of Anansi Press is known for publishing boundary-pushing, innovative, and future-focused nonfiction. And they want to continue the ...
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October 13, 2020
Cookin' the books
“It ain’t whatcha write, it’s the way atcha write it.” – Jack KerouacThe desire to write had followed me from my teen years. And many decades later I could ignore it no longer; I had stories ...
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April 19, 2021
Poetry Month Contest! Win Anansi's Powerhouse Spring List: Mary Germaine, Bardia Sinaee, & Steven Heighton
April is National Poetry Month and thanks to the good folks at House of Anansi Press, we get to offer one lucky reader a prize pack of some of the most exciting new poetry in Canada! Though the pandemic ...
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March 22, 2021
Lynne Golding Goes Behind the Scenes of Her Trilogy of Brampton Historical Novels
Lynne Golding's historical trilogy, the Beneath the Alders series, delves into Brampton history as a lens to tell universal stories while still paying homage to the small town roots of what has become ...
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May 07, 2021
Kids' Books - More than just learning to read
In my previous life as a pediatric occupational therapist, I’ll guarantee I was never asked, ‘Do you think you’ll ever work with real patients?’ But as a children’s author, I’m equally sure ...
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November 26, 2022
Ask Jane (Agony Aunt)
Hi, I’m Jane, and I’m the protagonist of Helen’s novel, Pull Focus. I’m taking over the blog today to answer questions readers may about me, or the book, or anything else. What’s an Agony ...
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October 16, 2017
"What's Your Story?" 2017 Obpo Writing Contest Winners! Part Two: East York
We've got brand new original fiction and poetry today on Open Book as we present the second set of winners of the 2017 Ontario Book Publishers Organization's and East End Arts’ What's Your Story? writing ...