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July 28, 2020
Suzanne Evans Explores Food, Women, and War in Her New Biography
During the second World War, in Singapore's notorious Changi Prison, Ontario's Ethel Mulvany suffers and starves alongside hundreds of other women. To ward off their debilitating hunger pains, they use ...
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May 31, 2019
"I Wanted This to Be About a Specific Third Culture Kid" June 2019 writer-in-residence Zalika Reid-Benta on her Stunning New Story Collection
We are extremely excited to announce that Zalika Reid-Benta, author of Frying Plantain (House of Anansi Press) is our June 2019 writer-in-residence. Frying Plantain, Reid-Benta's brand new book of short ...
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May 01, 2017
UPDATE - EXTENDED DEADLINE! Call for Submissions: What's Your Story? Short Prose and Poetry Competition for Emerging Writers
UPDATE!**The deadline for the 2nd What's Your Story? Short Prose and Poetry Competition for Emerging Writers has been extended to Monday, May 8, 2017!**Do you live in Toronto? Are you an emerging writer ...
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October 10, 2024 @ 8:00pm - 10:00pm - The Rose Studio - https://tickets.brampton.ca/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=7B448A24-2487-4A1D-988C-D62A4F7972A9&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=56691364-F926-4EB0-BABC-469FFAE6DF24
This is Brampton: The Stories Beside Us
Join host The Wild Woman for The Stories Beside Us, an intimate performance and interview series highlighting the artists that make up Brampton’s ever emerging artistic landscape, and the diverse stories ...
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June 16, 2023
Writing Family and Community Stories
Why do we write? Some people want to write the definitive work on a subject. Others want to create new audiences or business potential. Some want to introduce readers to a place or time they wouldn’t ...
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July 11, 2014
A Story That No One Owns
I’m sure my point is only too plain… Lizzie is not dead, etc.—but there is a “mixture of fact & fiction,” and you have changed her letters. That is “infinite mischief,” I think…. ...
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September 05, 2018
Julie Bruck on the Beauty of Found Sources, Poems with Long Tails, & the Best and Worst Things About Being a Poet
Who says it's impossible to be serious and hilarious at the same time? Julie Bruck proves that it can be done with her daring, inventive, witty, and gutsy How to Avoid Huge Ships (Brick Books), a collection ...
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December 18, 2016
17 for 2017: Lauren Berlant recommends Long Division and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
7. Long Division and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon recommended by Lauren BerlantThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list ...
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March 24, 2017
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Becoming a Writer #5: Greg Kearney
Greg Kearney is a playwright, novelist , short story writer and humour writer. His latest book, The Desperates, was shortlisted for a LAMBDA, and is a really smart, hilarious and outrageous book. Greg ...
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March 08, 2022
"As He Watched, Envy Stirred in His Heart" Read an Excerpt from A Bend in the Breeze by Valerie Sherrard
After decades of prophecy, the residents of a remote island have finally found what has been foretold: the Long Awaited, who will tell them their fate 17 days after appearing, has arrived in a boat drifting ...