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August 03, 2017Gillian Best on the Power of the Sea, Glaswegian tap water, & a Postcard from Jonathan Franzen
Gillian Best is making waves with her debut novel (we couldn't resist!).The Last Wave (House of Anansi) is an intergenerational drama set in Dover, spanning the decades from the 1940s to the present ...
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September 28, 2020Thea Lim's Book Auction to Support Prisoners Offers Books Lovers a Great Way to Do Good
Today, September 28, marks the beginning of a unique fundraiser. The brainchild of Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated author Thea Lim, the Book Auction to Support Prisoners is an online auction of books ...
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December 21, 2020Contest: Enter to Win a Holiday Prize Pack of Spectacular Reads from Anansi!
2020 was a rough year (to put it mildly) but you can brighten up its closing by entering to win a very merry holiday prize pack from the one and only House of Anansi Press. We're very excited to offer ...
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March 15, 2021Book Therapy: In Praise of Retreat
“Chosen solitude is about agency, self-reliance and gaining clarity.When the churning mind-waters settle, I can begin to dip into the wellspring of my life.If I stay quiet long enough, I begin to forget ...
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April 14, 2021Griffin Prize 2021 Shortlists Announced, With Canadian Nominations for Dandurand, Lubrin, & Saadi
The head honcho of poetry prizes, the Griffin Prizes, announced their international and Canadian shortlists today, and poetry fans are thrilled. On the Canadian side, Joseph Dandurand was nominated ...
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July 14, 2021A Literary Drum Kit: J.J. Dupuis Takes Us Into His Writing Space & "Musical" Writing Method
If there's still an X-Files shaped hole in your life, you need to be reading J.J. Dupuis, whose delightfully creepy Creature X mystery series follows cryptozoologist Laura Reagan's search for monsters ...
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October 25, 2021Contest: Win the First Five Titles from Dundurn's New Rare Machines Imprint
We've raved about the new Rare Machines imprint at Dundurn Press, an essential new list in the CanLit landscape featuring diverse, innovative literary voices and headed up by acclaimed writers Julie ...
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February 14, 2022Contest: For Valentine's, Find Your Passion - Win Inspiring Books About What People Love Most From ECW
Today is Valentine's Day, the day of red hearts, chocolates, and roses. But if we're celebrating love, we want to celebrate all kinds of love, including the passion we can feel for a cause, a hobby, or ...
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April 04, 2022Contest: Celebrate Poetry Month with Incredible Coach House Collections
April is Poetry Month, and we're excited to celebrate all things verse this month. We're kicking things off with a great contest courtesy of the good folks at one of Canada's most acclaimed and iconic ...
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June 02, 2022Pik-Shuen Fung Wins 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award
It was a good night for Penguin Random House Canada's new Strange Light imprint last night, when Pik-Shuen Fung took home the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award for Ghost Forest. The imprint identifies ...
