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April 11, 2025The 2025 CBC Short Story Prize Names This Year's Finalists
With an impressive track-record of kickstarting or boosting the careers of dozens of exciting authors, the CBC Short Story Prize is back at it again in 2025 with some riveting selections. Canada's might ...
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April 17, 2025Dorian McNamara Wins the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize!
Congratulations to Halifax writer Dorian McNamara, who has won the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize for his story You (Streetcar at Night). You (Streetcar at Night) tells the story of the before and after ...
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March 16, 2017Special Feature: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Publishing with Room Magazine
Room magazine (originally titled A Room of One's Own) is one of Canada's leading literary journals. During its 40 years in operation, it has been dedicated to publishing writers and artists who identify ...
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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 ...
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September 12, 2017The Word on the Street interview with Mehri Yalfani
The Vibrant Voices of Ontario tent is one of the most exciting places to be at The Word on the Street, which takes place this year on Sunday, September 24. Celebrating the unique and powerful literary ...
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July 17, 2017Contest! Win All-Natural Non-Fiction from Fitzhenry & Whiteside!
The natural world is full of wonders. From strange animals to weather phenomena and much more, nature is and endlessly fascinating subject for readers young and old. Now, thanks to Fitzhenry & Whiteside, ...
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February 22, 2018OwlKids Books Honoured with Prestigious BOP–Bologna Prize Nomination
In happy news for CanLit, Owlkids Books Inc. has been shortlisted for the influential BOP–Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year.The prize, in is sixth year, celebrates the ...
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February 22, 2017Featured Video: Ross King on his RBC Taylor Prize nominated Monet Biography
It's one of the most iconic series of paintings in the world: Monet's water lilies series, huge watercolour canvases that are instantly recognizable, even to those outside the art world. But the story ...
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March 24, 2017The ROM Dives into Publishing with The Day the Ocean Disappeared
The Royal Ontario Museum's new exhibition Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story picks up after a tragic event that captured the country's attention in 2014: Nine rare blue whales became trapped ...
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September 19, 2016
Featured Video: Artists Interpret New CanLit Classics at The Word On The Street
Can you tell that we're excited for The Word on the Street? We've been chatting with WOTS authors, running some awesome book giveaway contests, and generally counting down the days!We're even more excited ...
