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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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September 12, 2011Writing Courses and Workshops in the GTA
In 2008, we first posted this ever-growing list of writing courses and workshops, and it has consistently been one of the most popular posts on Open Book, which suggests that many Torontonians are searching ...
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June 13, 2016#WritingTips Mondays: Jonathan Franzen - "The Reader is Not a Spectator"
In 2010, England's The Guardian newspaper asked some of the most acclaimed writers in the world to offer their top ten writing tips, inspired by Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing (William Morrow).To ...
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March 27, 2018Writers' Trust Announces 2018 Shortlist for Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
Today the Writers’ Trust of Canada announced the five finalists for the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The winner will be announced in Ottawa on May 9, 2018, at the annual ...
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September 18, 2019CBC Books Announces Nonfiction Prize Shortlist, with a Focus on Family History and Mental Health
This morning, CBC Books announced the five finalists vying for the prestigious CBC Nonfiction Prize.The prize is part of a suite of writing prizes at CBC that also includes a poetry award and short story ...
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September 30, 2019Giller Prize Announces Six-Title 2019 Shortlist
Today the Scotiabank Giller Prize narrowed its 12-title longlist to just six titles. The 2019 jury with the tough task of whittling down the list is made up of Donna Bailey Nurse, Randy Boyagoda (jury ...
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May 14, 2018Contest! Win a Library of Don McKay Poetry from Brick Books, including Exclusive Limited Edition Texts
Don McKay is one of Canada's most celebrated poets, with honours that include the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry (twice, and additional nominations), and even the ...
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May 17, 2018Writers' Trust Announces Finalists for 2018 Dayne Ogilvie Prize LGBTQ Emerging Writers Award
Today the Writers’ Trust of Canada announced the three finalists for the 2018 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers. The $4,000 prize is presented annually to an emerging writer from the lesbian, ...
